It's been reported that popular variety show, "Downtown no Gaki no Tsukaiya Arahende!!" will broadcast "No-laughing SPY for 24 hours!" as its New Year's Eve special once again.

The "No-laughing" series has been aired as a New Year's Eve special since 2006, and it's a program in which "Gaki-tsuka" members (Downtown, Yamasaki Hosei, Cocorico) are challenged to not laugh any time in various situations. Every time they laugh, they receive a painful punishment as a result.

Each year, unexpected guests make appearance as the "laugh setter", and set up many traps.�This year, "Gaki-tsuka" members will be entering a�training�school for rookie spies, and about 100 guests will be the "laugh setter." �Moreover, the producers will be accepting tweets from viewers, and the tweets will be shown on the screen as the show airs.

Source: mycom journal