In the
late 1970's, manzai became
popular through the TV shows
on the Fuji
television channel,
namely "Kao Meijin Gekijo" and "THE MANZAI," and
some mid-career and
young manzai-shi including duos of Yasushi YOKOYAMA and Kiyoshi NISHIKAWA, Kausu and Botan NAKATA, Comedy No.1, Two-Beat, Sento and Ruisu HOSHI, The Bonchi, Norio NISHIKAWA and Yoshio KAMIGATA, Shinsuke and Ryusuke
as well as BB achieved
significant popularity.