At first, the TV station asked Itcho YANAGIYA, a kamikiri performer, to appear on TV, but he refused, saying they should ask Shoraku to do it about a nonsense kamikiri performance in a quiz show, so they followed his advice, and the first Shoraku got to perform kamikiri on TV.
当初テレビ局側は紙切り芸人の柳家一兆に依頼したが、「クイズに使う、訳のわからない切り絵は正楽に頼め」と断った為、初代正楽が紙切りでクイズを出題する事になった。