At the end of the Taisho period, a duo of Entatsu YOKOYAMA and Achako HANABISHI, who were Yoshimoto Kogyo entertainers, established manzai as a talk show called 'Shabekuri Manzai' in which entertainers made people laugh only with their conversation, and their style achieved significant popularity.
大正末期には、吉本興業の芸人である横山エンタツ・花菱アチャコのコンビが、万才を会話だけの話芸「しゃべくり漫才」として成立させ、絶大な人気を博した。