Well, are you satisfied with listening to Gai, for like 3 minutes, just making noise and being stupid while not knowing if gaara is fine or dead?
hummm, huuuuuum, huhummmmmmmmm, uhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmhum mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

I was actually quite amused by Gai's noises

But I guess that's just me. I think Naruto is doing a very good job of reinventing the Naruto manga so it will fit into a TV time-slot. It may be a bit rough around the edges but I like what they're trying.
The "Gai's noises" may have not been something from the manga, but how could it have been. In television you have sound, so you can do a lot more creative things. I don't think there's anything wrong with the scene because it genuinely stays true to the loonbag kind of person Gai really is.
The syndrome that fans of Naruto's former glory fall into is taking the episodes too seriously. There was humor in beginning of the series, and has always been humor throughout it in both the manga and anime. It's easy to get offended by any attempt at humor and say that it's just filling time, but I think that it's best to just relax. This
is just a TV show ya know.

And I still don't understand Dattebayo's method of income... what/who exactly is paying them. What exactly compels them to try and force Pokemon down our throats. What does it do for them?