Guru Guru Ninety Nine (1994)

Guru Guru Ninety Nine 1994 / ぐるぐるナインティナイン 1994 / Gurunai , ぐるナイ , Gochi , Guru Guru Nainti Nain

‟Guru Guru Ninety Nine‟ is a comedy variety show hosted by Ninety Nine that has been broadcast on the Nippon Television Network since April 10, 1994. The shows has many segments, but the audience rating of the program increased after the start of ‟Gourmet Chicken Race Gochi!‟ segment in 1998. Since the broadcast time change in 2009, the show mainly focus on ‟Gourmet Chicken Race Gochi‟ and since 2018 it almost never show other segments. Other currently active segment is Omoshiroso, a comedy skit contest set in a fictional apartment, which is usually broadcasted for New Year. In ‟Gochi‟, the regular members and guests must order food in high-class restaurants without knowing the prices while also being as close as possible to the budget of the day. The challenger with the furthest difference with the budget will lose and have to pay for all the bill in cash. One or two regular members with the most loses in a year will be dismissed from the segment and replaced by new member(s) next year. (Source: Wikipedia)