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		In stage manzai, the tayu came to be called tsukkomi, meaning "ribber" or "poker", and the saizo was known as the boke, meaning absent-minded or stupid.
		Since the visual dimensions of manzai such as gesturing, expressions, and other physical humor could not be transmitted through the radio, this became an opportunity for manzai to fine-tune its language, develop new ways of playing with words, and to improve the art of narrative-based or shabekuri manzai.
		In manzai theaters, however, the symbol of radio broadcasting which was the microphone served, on the contrary, to improve the use of body language.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /aspac/papers/scholars/bensky/bensky.htm (3777 words)

	Manzai - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Manzai (漫才) is a style of stand-up comedy in Japan, which usually involves two performers—a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke)—trading jokes at great speed.
		In recent times, manzai has often been associated with the Osaka region, and manzai comedians often speak in the Kansai dialect during their acts.
		The two manzai performers came with messages from the gods and this was worked into a standup routine, with one performer showing some sort of opposition to the word of the other.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Manzai (631 words)

	Anime News Network - Manzai
		A manzai routine consists of two partners, a tsukkomi and a boke.
		The routine is straighforwardly slapstick in nature: the boke says something stupid, and the tsukkomi delivers a verbal reprimand, or a blow of some form (either a slap, or a blow with a harisen, a fan-like whip made of pleated paper), or both.
		Among the more famous manzai comedians is Takeshi Kitano, who used to tour as part of a manzai team, under the stage name "Beat".
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=79 (143 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> manzai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is common for tsukkomi to berate boke and hit them on the head with a swift smack.
		The tradition of tsukkomi and boke is often used in other Japanese comedy, although it may not be as obviously portrayed as it usually is in manzai.
		A study in the cultural effects of ''manzai''
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/manzai (590 words)

	ep_5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ise Manzai has been performed at Miyake, Suzuka City where Sokeki Muso, founder of Tenryuji Temple,was born in the 13th century, and is close to Suzuka Circuit.
		Manzai goes basically by Tayu who leads the story with an ogi, and Saizo who follows tapping the tsuzumi, while sankyoku manzai is performed by three players with three musical instruments, tsuzumi, shamisen, and kokyu.
		The sankyoku is one of the characteristics of Owari manzai and Ise manzai.
	www.pcs.ne.jp /~iseman/ep_5.html (772 words)

	MANZAI, Osaka Tourist Information and Travel Guide at InfoHub.com
		Manzai, a comic form of storytelling told by a duo, is performed all over Japan, though it is strongly associated with the Kansai region, and Osaka in particular.
		Kansai manzai duos have dominated TV comedy shows since the early 1980s: the duo known as Downtown (Matsumoto Hitoshi and Hamada Masatoshi) are two of the most famous entertainers in Japan, and certainly the most famous Japanese comedy duo of the 1990s.
		Though they have now been overtaken by the equally long-running comedy duo Tunnels as the highest-paid entertainers in the land, Downtown remain the funniest comedians on the nation's TV screens - making it all the more pleasing for true Osakans that the pair are local lads.
	www.infohub.com /destinations/asia/Japan/Osaka/71461.htm (261 words)

	Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO - Focus - Manzai (Bunraku Play)
		The facades of the houses are decorated with the traditional shimenawa (a rope of twisting strands of rice straw) and large arrangements of pine branches, called hadomatsu, are placed in front of each house.
		This play, which illustrates the introduction of dance, was first performed in 1809 in the temple of Goryosha in Osaka.
		It is divided into four acts, each associated with one of the four seasons: "Manzai" (spring), "Ama" (summer), "Sekiderakomachi" (autumn) and "Sagimusume" (winter).
	www.unesco.emb-japan.go.jp /htm/focus_documents_manzai.HTM (340 words)

	Yose Theater
		Manzai is Japanese 'stand up comedy' in which two or three people perform a comic dialogue, trade jokes and entertain the audience with instrument playing and singing.
		Manzai took to the stage and was refined in the late nineteenth century.
		Rakugo is different from manzai in that it features a single performer telling a comic story whilst sitting on 'zabuton' (small cushions) on tatami or a plain, wooden floor.
	www.yamasa.org /acjs/network/english/newsletter/things_japanese_22.html (656 words)

	The Traditional Performing Arts of Kansai Present•History•Future
		Manzai is a street corner-style art in which the performer stands at the entry gate of a house on New Year's Day to offer congratulations and good wishes for the health, safety, and the prosperity of the household.
		Ise Manzai is said to have become popular when the Yamato manzai that originated in present-day Nara Prefecture became the Senzu manzai of the old capital and was taken to Mikawa and Owari (Aichi Prefecture).
		Though the manzai arts of individual regions have died out, this group is still active and well known locally.
	www.kippo.or.jp /culture_e/geinou/meguri/mie (389 words)

	Modern Japan - Entertainment - Comedy
		The boke, or whacky half of the manzai duo provides most of the visual and verbal humor, which plays off the prompting, prodding and usually head-slapping of his partner, the tsukomi.
		There are a few female manzai teams but comedy shows tend to favor pretty, and disposable, young singers or actresses for the female roles.
		Many of the established comic stars got their start in manzai, often through TV talent shows where they competed with other acts to get a chance to appear the next week.
	www.japan-zone.com /modern/comedy.shtml (843 words)

	The Laughing Buddha Lounge
		A paperby Xavier Bensky on manzai, the performance of Japanese comic stand-up duos.
		The duo have recently earned a spot as semi-regular members on the Kansai TV show "Sports Amigo." Also, since they seem to be shy about putting up pictures of themselves, here is one of them performing live (scroll down near the bottom).
		On a more positive note, he was featured in an article in the Daily Yomiuri on May 10, 2002, the 14th installment of a series on foreigners living in Japan (article available on-line through Lexis-Nexis).
	groups.msn.com /TheLaughingBuddhaLounge/links.msnw (1435 words)

	Al Hoang's Weblog :
		It seems he was raised in Colorado and went to the Harvard Divinity School before setting sails towards Japan.
		Right now he shows up on one of NHK's English shows and also does stand up comedy (I believe it's called manzai if I'm not mistaken) with a Japanese comedian.
		A lot of this manzai comedy relies on wordplay and puns.
	blogs.law.harvard.edu /hoanga/2004/08/05 (217 words)

	Performing Arts in Japan (Classical Theater, Modern Drama, Dance, Rakugo and Manzai)
		A more intimate form of Japanese dance, designed for performance in a relatively small space and to be seen at close range, was developed from the mid-eighteenth century onward by professional female entertainers known as geisha and may be seen today in such forms as kyomai.
		It began in the seventeenth century as a form of entertainment for townspeople held in the precincts of temples and shrines; proper yose theaters appeared in the late eighteenth century.
		In the 1930s a new form of manzai caught on after a duo in Osaka started making audiences roll in the aisles with their witty repartees about scenes from everyday life.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/japan/pro-performing_arts.htm (790 words)

	Sakuraba
		Uplifting fighting spirit is necessary, but what is more important is having a sense that there is within you another self that controls the self that is actually fighting, a sense that you can coolly observe yourself standing in the ring with the eyes of a second or spectator.
		Once we were recognized as a manzai pair named "Two Beat", however, the audience laughed at anything we did regardless of quality.
		The manzai boom was finished at the moment we thought it easy to make the audience laugh.
	www.geocities.com /global_training_report/sak55.htm (3462 words)

	Azumanga-Toons: Girl from Ousaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Generally, the Tsukkomi part is a tall, slim person with a loud voice, while the Bo-ke part is played by a short and chubby person.
		Manzai typically starts with the Bo-ke actor saying something that is obviously unbelievable or ridiculous.
		This is such a distinctly Japanese (and Kansai) phenomenon that it's hard to translate, so we've done the best we could by rendering the Kansai speech into something like a US southern dialect.
	www.nnanime.com /azumanga/azu1-028b.html (193 words)

	Aizu Manzai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dating back to the Kamakura period (1192-1333), the Aizu "Manzai" is performed by men disguised as priests who tell congratulatory remarks and dance to the beat of drums.
		Since the prewar days, the Manzai in this village has been performed on wedding ceremonies and other congratulatory occasions as well as at stages.
		Its style is much influenced by the Mikawa Manzai.
	www.pref.fukushima.jp /kanko/k_hp_e/data_m/73054.html (61 words)

	Manzai brstTV
		It is the "MANZAI" style of laughter peculiar to Japan.
		There is diplomacy of advanced language reading the air between a spectator and the stage.
		It is the comedian of the "MANZAI" style.
	www.brst.tv /en/manzai.php (43 words)

	Modern Japan - Famous Japanese - Comedians
		Ninety Nine got their break on a TV "comedy battle" show, with manzai acts competing for the chance to stay on the show each week.
		One of the few successful female manzai duos, Othello formed in 1993 and got their break on a TV "manzai battle" talent show.
		Friends since their elementary school days in Osaka, they parted ways in high school but formed a manzai combi in 1992 after coming to Tokyo and joining the Yoshimoto Kogyo agency.
	www.japan-zone.com /modern/comedian2.shtml (1050 words)

	JapaneseLearning.com - Learn Japanese, Japanese culture and about Japan for free! - Manzai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Traditionally manzai was a vaudeville like performance the involved singing and dancing that was held for New Years.
		Manzai comedians are frequently on TV and some have their own shows.
		Many Manzai comedians are from the Osaka area so that these days Osaka is famous for its Manzai comedians.
	www.japaneselearning.com /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=139&Itemid=29 (148 words)

	Introduce "Touge No Manzai" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The basic story of this song is coming form the Mikawa Manzai.
		And this story is going to show you the incident which on their each way home.
		Dayu promise it and they drink with the feelings which is unwilling to part from each other until next year.
	www.geocities.co.jp /toukoukai_nichibu/toukoukai-titles2.html (241 words)

	~ turbulent indigo 3 ~ where's the blue ~
		Whale guts notwithstanding, I believe that Jonah eventually got the message.
		- Manzai's cats walked across the keyboard at 02:42 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2003
		- Manzai's cats walked across the keyboard at 05:35 p.m., Monday, September 29, 2003
	manzai.pitas.com (194 words)

	~ turbulent indigo 3 ~ where's the blue ~
		Hopefully, things will be resolved relatively quickly (read that as my learning curve will increase ^_^).
		Am taking a break from pain medication and my connection being as fruity as it has been to actually write THIS.
		You love your manga and anime, and you'll scream if someone tells you to stop writing that fanfic and get out more.
	web.pitas.com /manzai/29_09_2003.html (850 words)

	JapanNewbie.com: Boke - Tsukkomi
		West Side Japan is known for its comedy.
		There are stand up acts, game shows which are really just comedy shows in disguise, and what is known as 'manzai'.
		I am sure there are other styles that I am not aware of as well.
	www.japannewbie.com /archives/000122.html (646 words)

	Aizu Manzai in Konan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Developed under the influence of the Mikawa Manzai, the Aizu Manzai dance had been performed frequently.
		In the past, Aizu Manzai came in local varieties such as Niidate Manzai, Yashiki Manzai and Kumazawa Manzai, among others.
		Only the Manzai in the Azano district in Konan Town remains.
	www.pref.fukushima.jp /kanko/k_hp_e/data_m/73058.html (65 words)

	Online Video: [Bakafish] Hard Gay Manzai English Subtitles \| Veoh Video Network
		The Hard Gay Manzai episode translated by Bakafish.
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	www.veoh.com /videoDetails.html?v=e101010qdDE8c5j (190 words)

	YouTube - Tutorial's MANZAI "a Refrigerator"
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	www.youtube.com /watch?v=DgUpGo0lqzM (55 words)

	Manzai, Japan \| Map, Time Zone
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	www.travelpost.com /AS/Japan/Chiba/Manzai/7050528 (57 words)

	Bakusyo mondai / 2006 Shimohanki Manzai Bakusho Mondai no Two Shot
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	www.cdjapan.co.jp /detailview.html?KEY=VIBZ-5015 (139 words)

	Buy Touch de Manzai! Megami no Etsubo DS (Nintendo DS) - Order Now! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Location: Games > Nintendo DS™ > Games by Version > Japanese Version Games > Touch de Manzai!
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	www.play-asia.com /paOS-13-71-9g-49-en-70-1bhm.html (292 words)

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