{{Short description|Japanese television variety show}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Variety show | creator = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | developer = | presenter = | starring = Ken Shimura<br/>Cha Kato | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Tsugutoshi Kato | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = Akihiko Takashima | country = Japan | language = Japanese | num_seasons = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Toshiaki Takahashi | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | channel = TBS | first_aired = {{start date|1986|01|11}} | last_aired = {{end date|1992|03|28}} | related = {{unbulleted list| ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' | ''Australia's Funniest Home Videos'' | ''Vídeos de primera'' | ''You've Been Framed!''}} }} {{Nihongo|'''''Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen TV'''''|加トちゃんケンちゃんごきげんテレビ|Kato-chan Ken-chan Gokigen Terebi}} is a Japanese television variety show that aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System around the mid-1980s. Starring Ken Shimura and Cha Kato, former members of the group The Drifters from ''Hachiji Dayo! Zen'in Shugo'', the irreverent and satirical program would poke fun at contemporary society in Japan, and would feature comedy vignettes similar to those found on ''The Benny Hill Show'' or ''The Carol Burnett Show''. Leslie Nielsen once made a special appearance on the show as well.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}
The duo also had a PC Engine video game, ''Kato-chan and Ken-chan'', based on their antics, filled with toilet humor, and featuring them as playable characters. It was translated and censored for a Western TurboGrafx-16 release as ''J.J. & Jeff'' due to copyright issues and the toilet humor.
== Home videos segment == As the home camcorder became more popular in Japan, the show included a segment featuring viewer-submitted funny home videos (home movies), on which Ken and Kato would comment. In 1989, American producer Vin Di Bona initiated a partnership with Tokyo Broadcasting System to develop a similar program in the west; ultimately, this led to the successful ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (which is still on the air as of 2025) and other similar shows worldwide. Some videos seen in the first season of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' originally aired on ''Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan'', and the latter remains credited within all episodes of ''AFHV'' as the original inspiration for the former. ABC, which owns half of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', pays a royalty fee to the Tokyo Broadcasting System for the use of the format (even though Kato-chan and Ken-chan left the air in 1992).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105171457/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18306720.html HighBeam]</ref> The British show ''You've Been Framed!'' (1990-2022) was similarly based on the same format.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 June 2017|title=US and UK versions of TBS's "Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan" respectively celebrate their 28th and 27th anniversaries!|work=Japan Program Catalog|publisher=Broadcast Program Export Association of Japan|url=https://www.japan-programcatalog.com/news/1829|access-date=13 June 2021|archive-date=13 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613164859/https://www.japan-programcatalog.com/news/1829|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Nicholson|first1=Tom|date=2021-01-07|title=Happy 30th Birthday To TV's Stupidest, Smartest Show|work=Esquire|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/tv/a35146773/youve-been-framed-30/|access-date=13 June 2021}}</ref>
== International versions == {| class="wikitable" |+International formats: !Years aired !Title !Country |- |1989–present |''America's Funniest Home Videos'' |{{Flagicon|United States}} United States |- |1990–2014 |''Australia's Funniest Home Videos'' |{{Flagicon|Australia}} Australia |- |1990–1995 |''New Zealand's Funniest Home Videos'' |{{Flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand |- |1990–2022 |''You've Been Framed!'' |{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |- |1990–1998 |''Vídeos De Primera'' |{{Flagicon|Spain}} Spain |- |1990–1998,<br>2005–2006 |''Bitte Lächeln!/Bitte lachen!'' |{{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany |- |1990–2008 |''Video Gag'' |{{Flagicon|France}} France |- |1990–1998 |''Isto Só Video'' |{{Flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal |- |1990–2000 |''Drôle de vidéo'' |{{Flagicon|Canada}} Canada |- |1990–2004 |''Videodinges'' |{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium |- |1990 |''คู่หู คู่ฮา'' (dubbed version) |{{Flagicon|Thailand}} Thailand |- |2014 |''America's Funniest Videos Brazil'' |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil |- |2014 |''America's Funniest Videos Latinonamerica'' |{{Flagicon|Peru}} Peru |- |1990–2004 |''De Leukste Thuis'' |{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands |- |1990–2013 |''Paperissima - Errori in TV'' |{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy |- |1990, 1995, 1997, 1999,<br>2001, 2005, 2007–2009,<br>2011–present |''Paperissima Sprint'' |{{Flagicon|Italy}} Italy |- |1991–1997 |''Låt Kameran Gå'' |{{Flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden |- |1991–2002 |''Video Loco'' |{{Flagicon|Chile}} Chile |- |1992–2019 |''Сам себе режиссёр'' |{{Flagicon|Russia}} Russia |- |1994–2009 |''Śmiechu Warte'' |{{Flagicon|Poland}} Poland |- |1995–2010 |''Tak neváhej a toč!'' |{{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic |- |1999–present |''Natočto!'' |{{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic |- |2004–2009 |''Bitoy's Funniest Videos'' |{{Flagicon|Philippines}} Philippines |- |1998–2001 |''Csíííz!'' |{{Flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary |- |2006–2008 |''Vidióták'' |{{Flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary |- |1990–2000 |''Det' ren kagemand'' |{{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark |- |1999–2006,<br>2012–2016 |''¡Ay caramba!'' |{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico |- |1989–2021 |''Video Cassetadas'' |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil |- |1995–1998 |''Naurun paikka'' |{{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland |- |1990-1992 |''Spede's Funniest Home Videos'' |{{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland |- |2007–2013 |''Вусолапохвіст'' |{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} Ukraine |- |1999–2003 |''Smiechoty'' |{{Flagicon|Slovakia}} Slovakia |- |2007-2008 |''Snutter'' |{{Flagicon|Norway}} Norway |- |2023–present |''Videos de Graças'' |{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil |}
==References== <references />
==External links== * [http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/catalog/english/variety/304.html "Tokyo Broadcasting Co. information about show"]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kato-Chan Ken-Chan Gokigen Tv}} Category:Japanese variety television shows Category:1986 Japanese television series debuts Category:1992 Japanese television series endings Category:TBS Television (Japan) original programming