Japanese game show silent library

Before Tore! It was essentially the Saw franchise played for laughs, which might seem redundant until you take a gander at Dero! That's fantastic. SyFy tried to copy its success with the Americanized imitation Exit , but you must see the real thing to truly understand its power.

It's a simple question: is that thing candy, or is it not candy? Here in America, it's usually pretty easy to figure out. But not so in Japan, thanks to an art form called Sokkuri, where cruel confectioners create candy that looks exactly like everyday household objects.

In the show Candy or Not Candy? Will their next bite be chocolate, or will it be wood, glass leather, or couch stuffing? It's such a simple, stupid premise, but so ridiculously entertaining. Team Fight! Teams—which often consist of popular band members or other celebrities—compete against each other for prizes.

Six pals take a beating from professional wrestlers, throw some gross pottery, endure a strange barber technique and make an unexpected love connection to win cash. Thousands of dollars are on the line as six friends accept fish slaps, a cottage-cheese troll doll, an unusual visit from Santa Claus, an indoor car wash and a shocking puzzle.

Six bandmates struggle to keep quiet as they withstand a toothpaste apple, a frozen turtleneck, wet-towel snaps, a violent bicycle and a hot dog gun.

Cat Stink Vacuum. Six buddies keep their eyes on the prize as they lick a frozen pole, face the wrath of a karate master, search for some well-hidden snacks and don a helmet filled with used cat litter. George Jones. David Phelps. Top Music Videos 1. Matt Redman. Gaither Vocal Band. Christian News The latest news and hot topics trending among Christian music, entertainment and faith life.

Browse Christian News. The verdict via the internet: hilarious. No one really knows the reason why, but the pain is often the source of humor in many parts of the world, not just in Japanese game shows. The girl that wins Spread Your Legs deserves a prize that is quite nice, for sure. In this show, one woman straps her legs to the machine that spreads them apart, eventually landing into a split. Flexibility is a must to win this game because if she gives up due to the physical pain, the contestant loses.

Weird is a pretty mild way to put this show, to be honest. Maybe this is not so much weird, except for the global cult following. Definitely extreme, though, for the contestants of this variety show.

The show was so famous that it was repeated after a few years of initial streaming. Although it dates back to the s it is still a popular show in Japan. Silent Library is, for the most part, a Japanese take on the American Television Show, Jackass, where strange and embarrassing stunts are performed. This is definitely weird, most likely quite humorous, and honestly probably a bit bizarre for the students trying to prepare for their finals.

They truly may not be completely sure what is actually happening around them, due to lack of sleep and the stress of school. In this particular variety show, the contestants put at least one rubber band around their head, if not several.

Their main objective is to catch the marshmallows, dangling in front of them on a string, in their mouths.