This mistake on the part of the crew would "kill" Itao's Wife (again). The acting scene was supposed to feature a fake gun, but was actually a "real" one.
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One scene is from a famous seventies movie where the main protagonist is shot.
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One of the earlier wife-focused episodes involves a series of acting challenges, where Itao and Wife came and challenge the Gaki members to act out scenes from famous movies. This wife makes not only makes appearances in an Itao-centered episodes, but comes on the show again to help with other episodes like the "High-Tension" episodes as somewhat of a decoration. One might assume that she is a native Japanese because she was given Japanese name, but this assumption may be false as we will see later, as some of the obviously foreign wives also have Japanese names assigned to them. She is the most "asian-looking" of Itao's wives, but it is not clear whether she is a native Japanese or an immigrant. Not much is known about "Kazumi" as she was the first wife, and most people didn't care enough about the joke at that point to pay her much attention. They had recently gone to Itao's wedding, and noticed that the "wife" getting out of the car was most definitely a different person. This is the first time that the Gaki members meet with the fictional Wife.
This is compounded by the fact that the Wife only repeated the same phrase over and over again. If there's one thing we know thus far about Japanese comedy, it is that "Foreigner = Instant funny". As the joke has progressed, the wives started to take a trend towards foreigners. While none of them are Itao's real wife, who doesn't want much attention, the common speculation is that Itao finds them from talent agencies or picks them out on the street. The concept of "Itao's Wife" comes from a joke that Itao once made with Downtown, saying that he got paid so well when he did an appearance on one of their shows that he should bring his wife and have her perform so they could get double the money. Itsuji Itao has worked with Downtown on several comedy shows in the past but has gained a lot of popularity for his appearances in Gaki no Tsukai where he tries to weasel money out of Downtown and/or Nihon TV. Today, I would like to pay homage to these brave women, and serve as a historian of sorts.
However, there is more than one face that has helped add gems on the legacy that is "Itao's Wife-dom".
That weapon is the "もちろんそうよ！！！" bomb, which is essentially the trademark of being Itao's Wife. In this case, Itao's Wife has a weapon that has been passed down from generation to generation of Wife. However, it's rare that a running gag has it's own running gag. This usually sends the entire crew into giggles. Almost every time he appears on the show he has a different wife that appears to not be a native Japanese, and usually a different child. Comedian Itsuji Itao's running gag, at least for the purpose of his appearances on Gaki no Tsukai is his "wife". In comedy as a whole, lots of famous comedians have a running gag. (I meant to save this for some episode featuring Itao's Wife, but as there's been a lot of Itao here already and I haven't even had a moment to even start anything, I thought I'd just go ahead and throw this out there for your enjoyment and perusal.
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