Episode #1330 2016.11.13 - Jungle Pocket Saito Shichi Henge

The third Shichi Henge contestant for this year is Jungle Pocket’s Saito Shinji. He’s part of a young trio who are considered rising stars of Yoshimoto Kogyo. Here’s a group photo for reference (Saito’s the one on the right):
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http://www.ntv.co.jp/program/detail/21854800.html

[quote:1hs1cd2y]今週のガキの使いはジャングルポケット斉藤の七変化!毎回名だたる芸人が超ド緊張状態でやってくるこの企画にキングオブコント準優勝の看板を引っさげ斉藤慎二が単独挑戦!長時間に及ぶ入念な事前打ち合わせとその圧倒的演技力で謎キャラが次々覚醒し、歌って暴れて叫んで笑いを誘発!そして、計算か単なる運か珍現象も続々と起こりいつしか罰金額も超高額に!?いい意味で予想を裏切り続けるジャンポケ斉藤の七変化笑タイム開演![/quote:1hs1cd2y]

Yes! I was awaiting another segment of this. :-)

So, can someone explain to me how do these trio comedy groups work ? I guess they are not usual Boke + Tsukomi.

[quote="Inergio":ltqbzrpx]So, can someone explain to me how do these trio comedy groups work ? I guess they are not usual Boke + Tsukomi.[/quote:ltqbzrpx]
In most cases they actually are boke + boke + tsukkomi. Their konto (aka "conte", sketch comedy) work pretty much like manzai but with elaborate props and characters. In the latest King of Konto about a month ago, Jungle Pocket had a sketches where Saitou was the tsukkomi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UeC5iB2kZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSXi4pCYauA

And just like with manzai, there are groups where the role of tsukkomi is less obvious (or more creative), is shared between multiple people, or shifts from one guy to another mid-konto.

48th Challenger:
ジャングルポケット 斉藤 七変化~!!

thank you gozaimasu!

Thank you very much.