Banzai
- TV sketch show
- Channel 4
- 2001 - 2003
- 24 episodes (3 series)
Cult Japanese-style sketch show. A wacky no holds barred betting show, often involving celebrities.
Press clippings
Eiji Kusuhara obituary
Beguiling Japanese star of fringe theatre and popular television.
Hilary Westlake, The Guardian, 27th May 2010It's a con trick really - Banzai feels fresh and different, despite the fact that it's actually a compendium of the kind of self-consciously off-beat comedy stunts Chris Evans used to pull on TFI Friday week after week ('How many hotdogs can Anna Friel poke down her cleavage?' - that kind of thing), but given a late-night adult twist (i.e. it contains penises).
Charlie Brooker, The Guardian, 16th June 2001