Monday Late Show Episode 19

The show started with the discussion of bidding cities for the 2020 Olympics (Tokyo, Madrid, Istanbul). Matsuko felt that the Games should be held somewhere outside Tokyo and proposed Fukuoka. The show then focused to an investigation of lotus root farm pest in Tokushima. Then, they showed a video of shaved ice which could be eaten without worrying about brain freeze. Both hosts later tried the ice. After that the show focused on Ikue Sakakibara whose reaction is great according to Matsuko. The staff showed Ikue the AKB48 parody video (Ep.6), and she gave nice reactions unlike the hosts in the original episode. To test her skill even further, they later showed her a tractor factory documentary. Then, Matsuko shared his feeling that when he saw Murakami on TV, he felt that his husband is there. He even said that he prepared his talking topics for this show, but not in others. The show ended with an investigation of singer Shigeru Matsuzaki's fading tan. (Written by kisskh)