LINCOLN is a Japanese variety show. It premiered on October 18, 2005 and ended on September 10, 2013, and aired on TBS every Tuesday night. Hosted by Downtown, it features seven other owarai geinin in its regular cast, and has several recurring younger, up-and-coming comedians as guests.
The show uses Abraham Lincoln as its mascot, and its slogan is: "The program of the geinin, by the geinin, for the geinin," parodying a line from his famous Gettysburg Address. The object of the show is to have the younger comedians watch and learn from the more experienced comedians through fun and games.
The opening uses the song "The Revolution" by BT and features the regular cast as superheroic anime characters in a futuristic setting. The animation was done by Studio 4°C, a studio well known for The Animatrix. The opening has since changed to a LINCOLN version of the opening to Kinpachi-sensei and was directed by Ogiyahagi.
Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, a regular when the show started, later became a semi-regular due to conflict
Minowa Yuki's overly strong personality has caused her to change multiple jobs due to her fighting back against sexual harassment at work. This time, she has managed to pass the final selection for "Insight Agency", one of the largest advertising company and decided to disguise herself as a man when she heard that she will be dropped if she is a female.
The two comedy duos of “BANANAMAN” and “SANDWICHMAN” join forces for their first tag team as MCs. The mischievous fun-loving foursome draw out surprising and unseen sides of their trending guests with high-energy antics for a wholly “super fun time” full of gut-splitting laughter and even a few serious discussions in a variety program that will energize you with uncontrollable laughter.
Office lady Mariko was puzzled that her boyfriend Junichi suddenly left for a remote country. Junichi volunteered as an international volunteer to teach children in developing countries, and he will not return for another two years. Junichi had decided to do such an important thing without consulting himself or his family...what was the reason? With no phone service, all Mariko can do is to write a letter to Junichi expressing her anxiety.
A spin off to the drama series 'Ishiko to Haneo: Sonna Koto de Uttaemasu?'
Amatsuyu Kayami, nickname Amami, is a law student of The University of Tokyo. She will partner with Shiozaki Keisuke, a soba restaurant staff member, to solve customers' troubles.
Ken Sato and Nobu Chidori's best friends team up for a New Year's special! Tsubasa Honda, Soichi Nakaoka, Jun Shisaka, and the best puzzle-solving creators in Japan challenge the "strongest puzzle ever"!
Noriko and Shun attend the same high school. They marry for each other's benefit, not out of love, and start to live together. However, as a result, they face struggles and problems they didn't think of.
The story takes place in a department store, where Shizu-chan plays an elevator girl and Komoto plays the manager of a cake shop. The screenplay will be handled by Osamu Suzuki, who has previously written for the variety show "SMAP x SMAP. Tokyograph
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