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Line 8: * Miss. Onequestion: Another literal example, she would go up to celebrities, ask one question, and then see how long it takes for them to go away. With random silliness, and featuring celebrity cameos during the bets, ''Banzai'' ran for four series from 2001 to 2004. In the United States, it had a brief run on [[~~Fox~~FOX]] in 2003 (these were Americanised and removed references to British culture and celebrities) that was canceled due to protest from Asian American groups after six episodes, and was then picked up by [[Comedy Central]], who ran the rest of the series with no controversy. Plenty of clips on their [http://www.youtube.com/user/BanzaiOnline YouTube channel]. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Tropes: ===~~ * [[Aliens Made Them Do It]] / [[Mate or Die]]: One bet consisted in asking [[Peter Davison]] if he had to have anal sex with one of the other living actors who played the Doctor on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in order to save the Earth from the Daleks, which one would he pick. (His answer was Sylvester McCoy much to the bewilderment of the announcer). * [[~~Added Alliterative Appeal~~Alliteration]]: Tara Palmer Tomkinson toast topper test. * [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Subverted. The Japanese text shown throughout the program means nothing. * [[The Cameo]]: Celebrities appearing as themselves.