Japanese Game Show Tries To Convince People They're Stuck In A Time Loop

If you were stuck in a Doctor Strange like time loop, how would you respond? Would you try and influence the world around you, lose your mind, or pull out your cell phone and quickly distinguish the acting gig you signed up for was actually a Japanese prank show? I would assume most people might want to do the latter, unless they're worried about that paycheck after. In either case, if this prank wasn't a setup, then how the hell did no one have a cell phone with a flashlight? Check out the prank below, which is really entertaining until you start to poke holes in it: