It was originally performed last as a bonus for the audience in the theater and was a sideshow act in which more than one performer came on the stage again after all the other performances, and competed with each other on their performance based on a topic given by the audience.
元来は、寄席において観客へのサービスとして行われていたもので、最後の演目として複数の出演者が再び登場し、観客から題目をもらって互いに芸を競い合う余興であった。