They learned traditional comic stories from the following elders who were as good as retired: TACHIBANA no Ento I, Fukumatsu SHOFUKUTEI III, Unosuke KATSURA, Bundanji KATSURA IV, Nanten KATSURA, Buncho KATSURA, Monzaburo MIMASUYA.
初代橘ノ圓都、3代目笑福亭福松、桂右之助、桂文團治4代目、桂南天、桂文蝶、三升家紋三郎ら引退同然だった古老に噺の伝授を乞うた。