Nasubi | This Game Show Left Him Naked for a Year

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Become a Patron and Get Early Access to Ad-Free Episodes: https://www.patreon.com/tillnpodcast Imagine living in a small apartment for almost a year without clothes, food, or a way to escape. This was the reality for Nasubi, a contestant on a Japanese game show. Nasubi, whose real name is Tomoaki Hamatsu, became an unexpected celebrity when he was chosen to participate in a unique and challenging game show that tested his endurance, patience, and willpower. This episode will explore the strange and fascinating journey of Nasubi, the contestant who captured the hearts of millions. Things I Learned Last Night is an educational comedy podcast where best friends Jaron Myers and Tim Stone talk about random topics and have fun all along the way. If you like learning, and laughing a whole lot while you do, then you’ll love TILLN. Watch or listen to this episode today! Episode link: https://tilln.com/nasubi Support TILLN & Join The Mailing List: https://linktr.ee/tillnpodcast Watch Ida Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkuyHObsYys&t=2s Text TILLN to 66866 to become a patron and gain access to ad-free episodes, the exclusive discord, and earn discounts on TILLN Merch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, how long do you think you'd survive if you were cut off from the outside world alone by
0:05.0	yourself?
0:06.8	Indoor's outdoors.
0:08.2	Indoorse.
0:08.9	Oh, four days.
0:09.9	What if you were naked?
0:13.0	Three days.
0:15.1	What are you talking about?
0:17.3	Today, we talk about a Japanese game show that reluctantly locked a man inside of an apartment
0:23.8	for almost a full year with no clothes, no food, and no sanity.
0:29.2	Yeah.
0:29.5	And he was stuck there until he won a million yen.
0:33.1	That was the terms of the game show.
0:34.4	That's how he won.
0:34.9	How did he win it?
0:36.6	Like a sweepstakes?
0:37.4	Yeah, they were mailing sweepstakes.
0:38.8	He had to do mail and sweepstakes.
0:39.7	He had to win a million yen,
0:40.9	which is $8,000 US dollars.
0:43.0	Well, we don't have $8,000.
0:46.1	And we can't stop doing this podcast until we do.
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