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2026
202623 episodes
Episode 1
Electric Chair Game 2025: Tetsuya Morita vs. Hiroshi Yamazoe and more
Jan 7, 202645m
“Electric Chair Game 2025”: Saraba Seishun no Hikari’s Tetsuya Morita vs. Aiseki Start’s Hiroshi Yamazoe ▼ Theory: If you approach an acquaintance on the street, only for them to insist, “I’m actually his younger twin brother…,” you have no choice but to accept it.
Episode 2
[Emergency Live Broadcast] Kishitakano’s Takano Takes on the 10-Meter High Dive Again
Jan 21, 202646m
[Emergency Live Broadcast] Kishitakano’s Takano, who failed to make a single 10-meter dive in last year’s “Paper Airplane × High-Dive Catch,” gets another chance in a live broadcast!
Episode 3
Kishitakano’s Takano Takes on the 10-Meter High Dive Again (Week 2)
Jan 28, 202646m
Kishitakano’s Takano returns for another attempt at the 10-meter high dive! After failing to complete the dive in the first round, can he finally overcome his fear and make the jump in Week 2?
Episode 4
The Theory That Farting and Burping at the Same Time Is Nearly Impossible and more
Feb 4, 202645m
The Theory That It’s Extremely Difficult to Fart and Burp at the Same Time ▼ What happens when Pumpkin Potato Fly, who reunited just six months after breaking up, is tricked into breaking up again almost immediately? A Speedy Second Breakup Prank
Episode 5
2025 Preview Pranks and more
Feb 11, 202645m
The annual “One-Week Advance Prank” returns for 2025’s most-pranked victim, the “King of Being Fooled” ▼ Bet on what club activities people were involved in during their school days based on their physique, clothing, and other clues in “Club Activity Casino”
Episode 6
The Theory That Spot-the-Difference Gets Twice as Hard When the Two Pictures Are Posted Far Apart and more
Feb 18, 202645m
The theory that spot-the-difference gets twice as hard when the two pictures are posted far apart ▼ The theory that comedians can deliver the perfect comeback if a situation from one of their own routines happens in real life
Episode 7
Nelsons’ Aoyama Proposal Prank
Feb 25, 202646m
Nelsons’ Aoyama has been planning to propose to his longtime girlfriend with an unexpected flash mob… but the surprise goes wildly off script, leading to an unexpected turn of events and an even more surprising ending.
Episode 8
WBC Opening Special: “Where’s Ohtani?”
Mar 11, 202645m
To celebrate the start of the WBC, the show revisits baseball-related theories and challenges! What surprising fact even left Hamada stunned?
Episode 9
Moriyama Bigfoot and more
Mar 25, 202645m
How far back can you remember? “Quiz: Dinner Memories” ▼ Twenty years ago, Moriyama of Mitorizu looked like a monster. Now he comes face-to-face in the mountains with his former wild self, “Moriyama Bigfoot”!
Episode 10
Last-Loser “Interference” Dominoes and more
Apr 1, 202645m
A domino game where players are allowed to throw dominoes to interfere with their opponents: “Last-Loser ‘Interference’ Dominoes” ▼ The theory that when struggling celebrities’ YouTube channels run out of ideas, their final move is always a paranormal video.
Episode 11
The Theory That Some Twins Have Led Completely Different Lives and more
Apr 8, 202645m
The original sport combining competitive eating and throwing, “Sushi Kassen,” returns after a one-year hiatus! A tournament will finally determine the true inaugural champion ▼ The theory that some twins have led completely different lives.
Episode 12
The Stand-in Charades Quiz: Part 1
Apr 15, 202646m
Nadal’s confinement series returns after three years, this time with a quiz theme! The target is lured into the mountains, where questions are conveyed solely through gestures without saying a word. Can they answer correctly and escape?
Episode 13
The Stand-in Charades Quiz: Part 2 and more
Apr 22, 202645m
The conclusion of “The Substitute Gesture Quiz”! As the target is repeatedly called in and made to answer the quiz questions, can Nadal finally make his escape? ▼ The theory that there are very few Japanese people bigger than Ōtsuru Himan.
Episode 14
Freezing Cold Street Ya-Kyu-Ken
May 13, 202645m
A game of Ya-Kyu-Ken with people on the street, where each player wagers their clothes: win and you take one item of clothing from your opponent; lose and you have to give up one of your own. Then, still dressed in whatever they ended up wearing, they head to a snowy mountain for an extreme cold endurance challenge.
Episode 15
The Theory That Guessing Kintaro from Her Stage Name Alone Is Nearly Impossible and more
May 20, 202645m
Identify the person based solely on a verbal description used to create a portrait: the “Telephone Portrait Challenge” ▼ The theory that it’s nearly impossible to guess Kintaro from her stage name alone.
Episode 16
Everyone’s Theories Special and more
May 27, 202645m
Everyone’s Theories Special ▼ The theory that if you see a skinny, bald man wearing a striped turtleneck at a TV station, you’d mistake him for Hyoroku and approach him ▼ The theory that there’s no such thing as a grandma walking around empty-handed, along with 10 other theories put to the test.
Episode 17
30-1 Grand Prix 2026
Jun 3, 202645m
30-1 Grand Prix: Who is the funniest comedian in just 30 seconds? Forty comedy acts compete in a tournament to crown the sixth champion! Judges: Chihara Junior, Kooky!, Hiroya Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Iguchi, and Bakarhythm.
Episode 18
Comedian Parent Matching Game and more
Jun 10, 202645m
“Comedian Parent Matching Game,” a game where contestants try to identify comedians’ parents based solely on their appearance ▼ The theory that it’s surprisingly difficult to find someone with absolutely no worries, as they search for “the happiest person in Japan.”
Episode 19
The Tomoshige Quiz
Jun 24, 202645m
A “Tomoshige Quiz” is created using two weeks of secretly filmed footage of Mograider’s Tomoshige, along with interviews with his family and people from his hometown! What new side of this unpredictable man will be revealed?
Episode 20
Our Barricade War
Jul 1, 202645m
Two teams barricade and defend two neighboring abandoned buildings! With a budget of ¥300,000, they can buy and use any items they want for offense or defense… At sunrise, the teams launch attacks on each other in “Our Barricade War.”
Episode 21
The Flop Dream Match
Jul 22, 202645m
Struggling comedians team up with popular comedians to form one-night-only duos in a “Feeling Couple” format, then perform together in “The Flop Dream Match”! Will they bomb as expected, or will they actually get some laughs?
Episode 22
The Theory That You’d At Least Know Something About a Work Recommended by a Senior Before Seeing Them Again and more
Jul 29, 202645m
The theory that if a senior colleague recommends a movie, show, book, or other work, you’d at least look into it before seeing them again ▼ The theory that punch-permed men in Tokyo are an endangered species in the Reiwa era.
Episode 23
The Theory That “Scary” and “Funny” Are Two Sides of the Same Coin and more
Aug 5, 202645m
The theory that no one has ever skipped straight from calling their mother “Mama” to “Ofukuro” ▼ The theory that “scary” and “funny” are two sides of the same coin.