Talk:Ibtisam/@comment-3215051-20160413135335

Ibtisam and Basma's comedy routine is based on the untranslatable "Manzai" routine. Where the funny man (Boke) and the straight man (Tsukkomi) tell each other jokes repeatedly. The jokes are usually both of them misunderstanding each other, double-talking, puns, and other jokes like those.

It's also pretty common for the Boke to say something so air-headed that the Tsukkomi would interrupt them and try to correct what they said while hitting them with a harisen (a type of paper fan). [Kodachi]