Part of it is definitely that the man in that video is a comedian that is super famous in Japan, Masatoshi Hamada. There is a great chance that you have seen him on YouTube or whatever, he is part of the Downtown duo that does all sorts of things. The "No Laughing Punishment Games" are probably the thing that is most…

I once again disagree; the only joy i got out of Dan on the Bombcast when i was still listening was when Jeff started riffing on him.

That's an interesting perspective… Personally i stopped listening to the regular Bombcast because i could not tolerate Dan's shtick.