The 36th episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , was broadcast on November 17th, and viewers erupted in laughter at the "Beer" comedy skit between Toki (Takaishi) and Heaven ( Tommy Bastow).
With the family's approval, Toki becomes Heaven's maid. However, due to a misunderstanding caused by Nishikori (Ryo Yoshizawa), Heaven feels awkward around Toki. Unable to bear the situation any longer, Heaven tells Toki, "You're fired, Toki!"
Toki struggles to get his firing overturned. One day, Heaven comes home for lunch and asks Toki to run an errand for him, asking him to buy some beer. Toki replies with a friendly "OK," but doesn't know what "beer" means, so he asks the staff at Hanada Ryokan for advice. Tsuru (Nobue Ikeya) guesses it means the musical instrument biwa, Heita (Katsuhisa Namase) guesses it means the fruit loquat, and Ume (Maru Nouchi) guesses it means the grain barnyard millet.
When Heaven returns home and asks in English, "Did you buy the beer?" Toki replies, "Over there... various things..." There are a biwa (Japanese lute), a barnyard millet, a sickle, a top, and a top lined up, and Toki pronounces each of them like "beer." To Heaven, who is confused, Toki says, "Wait a moment, please," and invites his childhood friend Sawa (Wan Marui) into his house, introducing her as "Sawa," with a pronunciation similar to that of beer. Heaven is furious and exclaims, "What the heck?"
Comments on social media included, "This is the first time I've laughed so much at a Asadora," "I laughed out loud lol," "They were trying to make it work by sounding more accurate and it was the funniest thing I've seen all year," "An unexpected episode with a joke," "The beer Ogiri is so good lol," "The episode with Heaven Sensei's tsukkomi lol," "Otoki-chan's jokes and Heaven Sensei's tsukkomi are both so good it's hilarious," and "This is definitely too much like a Drifters comedy lol."
