Usually, I don't watch a variety program on TV. The reason is not "I don't like it" but "I have little time to watch it."

However, I watch a variety of TV programs whose title is "IPPON gand prix".

This is a great comedy variety show that has been aired irregularly since 2009 on the Fuji Television network, however, I watch it with a sense of awe that cannot be contained by this introduction.

In this program, comedians respond to a given task with a phrase and are graded on their performance in real-time -- and the level is frighteningly high.

I don't know if they prepare their answers in advance, or if they ad-lib their answers -- well, I'm sure that is disclosed to some extent in the operation of the program -- but

the content nevertheless makes us laymen laugh, and we can't help but be tongue-tied by the content.

If I were able to attend, I can be sure that even if I were given the subject a week in advance, I would not be able to come close to a few tenths of a percent of the sharp answers given by the comedians.

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I wonder if young aspiring comedians will change their minds (give up) about becoming a comedian after watching "IPPON Grand Prix"?

If it were me, I would not want to live in that scary world.