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In March 2011, ''Just for Laughs Gags'' entered into a partnership with Montreal-based, entertainment site, Videobash.com<ref>{{cite web|title=Videobash JFL Channel|url=http://www.videobash.com/justforlaughs|publisher=Videobash|accessdate=18 June 2013|dead-url=yes}}</ref> and now have their own devoted channel there. (No video has been posted as of this writing.)
In March 2011, ''Just for Laughs Gags'' entered into a partnership with Montreal-based, entertainment site, Videobash.com<ref>{{cite web|title=Videobash JFL Channel|url=http://www.videobash.com/justforlaughs|publisher=Videobash|accessdate=18 June 2013|dead-url=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629221237/http://www.videobash.com/justforlaughs|archivedate=29 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and now have their own devoted channel there. (No video has been posted as of this writing.)


== Cast <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2486436/fullcredits "Just for Laughs Gags Cast and Crew"] IMDb.</ref> ==
== Cast <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2486436/fullcredits "Just for Laughs Gags Cast and Crew"] IMDb.</ref> ==

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Just for Laughs Gags
File:Just For Laughs Gags Title Card 2012.png
Just for Laughs Gags title card (2004-present)
GenreComedy
Created byPierre Girard and Jacques Chevalier
Country of originCanada
Original languagesSilent, English, French, interjection
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes2,500+
Production
ProducerJust for Laughs
Production locationsCanada (Quebec, Montreal and Vancouver cities) and Mexico
Running time30 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
NetworkABC/Telemundo (U.S.)
TVA/CBC/The Comedy Network (Canada)
BBC1 (UK)
TF1 (France)
ETB 1 (Basque Country)
Das Erste/ZDF/ProSieben/BR (Germany)
Channel One Russia (Russia)
RTK 1 (Kosovo)
CCTV-4/CTV International (China)
Hanoi Radio Television (Vietnam, 2011–2012)
Indosiar (Indonesia)
Nine Network (Australia)
ZEEL (India)
ReleaseDecember 26, 2000 –
present
Related
Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs: Gags (in French, Juste pour rire: Gags) is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand. It is based on the similar American series Candid Camera.[1] The series is also on YouTube. In December 26, 2000, JFL: Gags began airing on French Canadian network Canal D. In the following years, the show was picked up by TVA, CBC and The Comedy Network in Canada, BBC1 in the UK, TF1 in France and ABC and Telemundo in the United States; the Canadian version (unlike the ones produced for ABC) aired in the United States in first-run syndication starting in the fall of 2015 and ended in February 2016.[2]

The series uses a hidden camera format, playing pranks on unsuspecting subjects while hidden cameras capture the subjects' responses; each episode presents multiple gags. While some segments have included brief dialogue, most do not contain any sound or dialogue; the audio is replaced with sound effects, a laugh track, and public domain music. Most segments are filmed in Quebec City, Montreal and Vancouver, while some have been filmed in Mexico. British and Asian versions have been produced in the UK and Singapore, respectively. In 2011 the show spawned a spinoff, Just Kidding, which consists exclusively of kids playing pranks on adults.

With its silent format and no translation required, Just for Laughs: Gags has been purchased for use in over 100 countries throughout the world as well as in airports and by airlines. Reactions to the gags range from "inane"[3] to cross-culturally funny.[4] The same distributors also distribute Surprise Sur Prise, a similar show.

A gag on 'Just for Laughs'

In March 2011, Just for Laughs Gags entered into a partnership with Montreal-based, entertainment site, Videobash.com[5] and now have their own devoted channel there. (No video has been posted as of this writing.)

Cast [6]

This section requires specific casting related to Just for Laughs: Gags.

  • Dany Many
  • Denis Levasseur
  • Denise Jacques
  • Jacques Drolet
  • Jean-Pierre Alarie
  • Jean Provencher
  • Marie-Ève Larivière
  • Marie-Pierre Bouchard
  • Nadja David
  • Pascal Bab
  • Philippe Bond
  • Richard Ledoux
  • Marie-Andrée Poulin
  • Kirsteen O'Sullivan
  • Jack Martin

Pranks

In the opening of each prank, the actors introduce how the prank was done and how it will be shown as well. Here are just a few illustrative examples from the thousands of pranks filmed for the 3,000+ shows include:

  • Alien in the bushes: as people pass by a street, bushes shake uttering a strange language. As they try to check it, an alien pops out and chases them away;
  • Hand out of the coffin: a coffin is abandoned in a park and when people pass by, a hand pops out;
  • Stolen tires: an elderly lady asks bystanders to help her carry two tires to her car. But as they do so, they pass a police vehicle which is missing them. They tell the officer that they were the lady's and they were helping her take it to her car but as they look back, she was nowhere to be found;
  • Dead bird in a race: people passing are asked to fire a starting pistol to help start a race. Once they give a shot in the air, a pigeon falls down;
  • Honking at Hookers: a traffic police officer stops drivers and checks their license. Two hot prostitutes walk by and the officer honks a horn and the women appear to believe the drivers honked at them.
  • Instant Accomplice: stranger's friend or love ones take part on a prank.

At the end of every prank, the hidden cameras are revealed. During the pranks, actors would also participate as victims for uninvolved bystanders or crowds.

List of pranks

To see the following list of pranks and its season of Just for Laughs Gags based in Canada, see List of pranks and its seasons on Just for Laughs Gags.

International versions

Country Name Network Aired
 Finland Pilanpäiten MTV3 2001 – present
 United Kingdom Just for Laughs BBC One 31 May 2003 – 21 July 2007
 Kosovo Kamera e Fshehur RTK 20?? – present
 Croatia Skrivena kamera
Žuta minuta 		RTL Television 2010 – present
 India Just for Laughs Gags Zee Cafe, Zee Trendz, Zee Studio and Pogo 1 January 2004 – present
 Pakistan Just for Laughs Gags Cartoon Network
Filmax 		2008 – 2010
2014 – Present
 Serbia Skrivena kamera-Скривена Камера Prva Srpska Televizija 2010 – present
 Malaysia Just for Laughs Gags and Just for Laughs Gags Asia TV3, Disney Channel Asia, DIVA Asia and NTV7 1 January 2005 – present
 Poland Ale numer! TV Puls 2007 – present
 South Africa Just for Laughs Gags Comedy Central Africa 2012 – present
 United States Just for Laughs ABC and Telemundo
First-run syndication 		17 July 2007 – 12 July 2009
September 2015 – present
 Portugal Não há crise! (There's no crisis!) SIC 2008 – present
 Greece Just for Laughs Makedonia TV 2009 – 2016
 Singapore Just for Laughs Gags Asia and Just for Laughs Gags MediaCorp Channel 5 and DIVA Asia 12 January 2010 – present
 Japan Just for Laughs Fox 2011 – present
 Philippines Just for Laughs Gags Philippines GMA Network, PhLighting Channel 5 November 2011 – August 2012
 Russia Radi Smeha (in Russian, Ради Смеха) Ren TV 2012 – present
 Turkey Komikler (Just for Laughs Gags) Kanal D 2012 – present
 Azerbaijan Just for Laughs Gags Lider TV 2006 – present
 Indonesia Just for Laughs Gags INDOSIAR 2014 – present
 Morocco Just for Laughs Gags 2M TV 2010s – present
 Brazil Só Risos (Only Laughs) Rede Bandeirantes de Televisão (terrestrial TV) 15 July 2013 – present
Pegadinhas (Pranks) Viva (pay TV) 5 January 2013 – present
 Kazakhstan Тек Күлкі Үшін HTK 2012 – present
 Hong Kong 笑笑大搞作 ATV 2007
 Taiwan 歡樂夏夏叫 Videoland Television Network
 China 国外恶作剧搞笑录像
Kenya Just for Laughs Gags KTN
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Just for Laughs Gags
Skrivena kamera 		Face TV
FTV 		2015 – present
12 July 2017 - present
Vietnam Just for Laughs Gags Hanoi Radio Television 2011– 2012

Just for Laughs (U.S. TV series)

Just for Laughs Gags
GenreComedy
Created byRick Miller
Presented byRick Miller
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes35
Production
Camera setupSingle
Running time23 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJuly 17, 2007 (2007-07-17) –
July 12, 2009 (2009-07-12)
Related
Just For Laughs Gags

Just for Laughs is an American sketch comedy show hosted by Rick Miller that shows clips from the Canadian version of the show. Good ratings during the summer airings in 2007 and a writer's union strike resulted in ABC adding the show to the network lineup as a midseason replacement for 2007-2008. It returned to the schedule on January 1, 2008, before being canceled on May 12, 2008. However, on June 4, 2009, it was announced that a third season would begin airing on June 21, 2009.[7] Program Partners will bring the show back to the United States for a fourth season beginning in fall 2015; this season will air in first-run syndication.[8]

Seasonal Nielsen ratings

Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Just for Laughs on ABC:

Season Episodes Timeslot (EDT) Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 17 Tuesday 8:00 PM July 17, 2007 September 18, 2007 2006-2007 #111 7.06
2 14 Tuesday 8:00 PM January 1, 2008 April 8, 2008 2007-2008 #156 4.93
3 4 Sunday 7:30 PM June 21, 2009 July 12, 2009 2008-2009 #150 3.90

DVD releases

  • Just for Laughs Gags 1
  • Just for Laughs Gags 2

also at:

References

  1. ^ Just for Laughs: Gags "This crazy Quebec-based troupe uses the city as its stage, and its inhabitants, or victims, as characters! People are caught in a twisted yet funny web of comedic deception. This updated Candid Camera is a tad more risque and a little kookier with its practical jokes. The little snippets last only a few minutes, and some look more painful than others."
  2. ^ "THE WHOLE WORLD'S LAUGHING WITH PPI. JUST FOR LAUGHS GAGS CLEARS 75% FOR SEPTEMBER 2015" from PPI (March 2015)
  3. ^ Keyan Tomaselli Cultural Tourism and Identity: Rethinking Indigeneity 2012 – Page 29 "The inane Just for Laughs candid camera on the drop-down video screen is interspersed with silent movies on the … Mick Francis … responded to this note: "as a Canadian I must apologize for the Just for Laughs show as it a strange Canadian export filmed in the late 1980s and mysteriously shown around the world" (Francis, personal communication, October 2008).."
  4. ^ Ray Wiss A Line in the Sand: Canadians at War in Kandahar 2010 Page 249 "It was an episode of Gags from the Just for Laughs organization in Montreal. For those who have not seen this, it is reminiscent of Candid Camera: the comedians set up an outlandish situation on a city street or in a mall and capture people's reactions. The Afghans got the jokes and laughed as hard as I did."
  5. ^ "Videobash JFL Channel". Videobash. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Just for Laughs Gags Cast and Crew" IMDb.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "NATPE 2015: Fall 2015 Syndication; Buzzr TV: New Game Show Multicast Network Launches This Summer" from Sitcoms Online (January 22, 2015)
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