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. 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.
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" to cross-culturally funny. The same distributors also distribute Surprise Sur Prise, a similar show.
In March 2011, Just for Laughs Gags entered into a partnership with Montreal-based, entertainment site, Videobash.com and now have their own devoted channel there. (No video has been posted as of this writing.)
Video Just for Laughs: Gags
Cast
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
Maps Just for Laughs: Gags
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.At the end of the show Victor comes on the stage and screams Mommy its over! and the show ends.
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
Just for Laughs (U.S. TV series)
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. 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.
Seasonal Nielsen ratings
Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of Just for Laughs on ABC:
DVD releases
- Just for Laughs Gags 1
- Just for Laughs Gags 2
External links
- Just For Laughs Gags Official YouTube Channel
- Just Kidding Official YouTube Channel
- Just for Laughs Gags at TV.com
- Just for Laughs Gags Channel on Videobash.com
also at:
- hahaha.com
- Short site of Just For Laughs Gags YouTube Channel
- Hidden Camera classics
- Just for laughs standup channel
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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