Warau Inu () is a Japanese sketch/variety show, akin to
Saturday Night Live
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and
MadTV
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, hosted by popular Japanese
owarai
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duo, Utchan Nanchan, Outside Japan, ''Warau Inu'' is known to be the television program that produced the popular
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"
Yatta" by
Happatai.
Japanese variety television shows
Fuji TV original programming
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