Waratte Iitomo
(笑っていいとも!) is a Japanese
variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV
. The show is hosted by
Tamori (Morita Kazuyoshi) and has run since 1982. The
name of the show means "it's okay to laugh". The show is made in
the
Studio Alta building located in
Shinjuku, Tokyo. Members of the Japanese
boy band SMAP, with the
exception of
Takuya Kimura and
Goro Inagaki are regular guests on the
show.
Guinness World Record
Three people from this show have received a
Guinness World Record. On
April 5,
2002, Tamori attended
Waratte Iitomo's 5000th show, giving him the record for the longest
continued hosting of a live television program. His record was
recorded in the 2003 Guinness Book of World Records. On
December 26,
2007, it was
revealed that
Shingo Katori beat the
previous record (9 s 50 ms) of consuming 500 ml of
milk shake in 9 s 8 ms. However, on the show on
that day, Toshi from the
owarai duo Taka and
Toshi beat his time by 0.02 ms.
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