Just for Laughs: Gags

Just for Laughs: Gags
Just for Laughs Gags title card
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Pierre Girard and Jacques Chevalier
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	Silent, English, French, interjection
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	2,500+
Production
Producer(s)	Just for Laughs
Location(s)	Canada (Quebec, Montreal and Vancouver cities) and Mexico
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	ABC/Telemundo (U.S.) TVA/CBC/The Comedy Network (Canada) BBC1 (UK) TF1 (France) ETB 1 (Basque Country) Channel One Russia (Russia) Chongqing Television (China) Hanoi Radio Television (Vietnam, 2011–2012) Indosiar (Indonesia)
Original release	December 26, 2000 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Just for Laughs
External links
Website

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]

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) will air in the United States in first-run syndication starting in the fall of 2015.^[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 Leboeuf
Marie-Andrée Poulin

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	unknown - present
Croatia	Skrivena kamera	RTL Television	2010 – present
India	Just for Laughs Gags	Zee Cafe, Zee Trendz 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 – present
Singapore	Just for Laughs Gags Asia and Just for Laughs Gags	MediaCorp Channel 5 and DIVA Asia	12 January 2010 – 13 April 2010
Japan	Just for Laughs	Fox	2011 – present
Philippines	Just for Laughs Gags Philippines	GMA Network, PhLightning 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
Brazil	Pegadinhas (Pranks)	Viva (pay TV)	5 January 2013 – present
Kazakhstan	Тек Күлкі Үшін	НТК	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

Along with airing on TVA, CBC and Comedy, the show also airs on a variety of other channels in Canada. These include; Disney Channel, YTV, W Movies, ABC Spark, CMT, Disney XD and Disney La Chaîne

DVD releases

Just for Laughs Gags 1
Just for Laughs Gags 2

External links

also at:

References

↑ 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."
↑ "THE WHOLE WORLD'S LAUGHING WITH PPI. JUST FOR LAUGHS GAGS CLEARS 75% FOR SEPTEMBER 2015" from PPI (March 2015)
↑ 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).."
↑ 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."
↑ "Videobash JFL Channel". Videobash. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2486436/fullcredits imdb: Just for Laughs Gags

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