Just for Laughs Gags facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Just for Laughs Gags |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Pierre Girard Jacques Chevalier |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | Silent Interjection Grammelot French English |
| No. of seasons | 20 (as of 2020) |
| No. of episodes | 3,000+ |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Just for Laughs |
| Production location(s) | Canada (cities of Quebec, Montreal and Vancouver) Mexico |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Release | |
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| Original release | 26 December 2000 – present |
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| Related shows | Just for Laughs Candid Camera |
Just for Laughs Gags (French: Juste pour rire les gags) is a Canadian live-action silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand created by Pierre Girard and Jacques Chevalier.
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 music.
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Production
On 26 December 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 and also Laff 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. That version is distributed by PPI Partners and is available in both weekday strip and weekend runs.
Most segments are filmed in Montreal, while some have been filmed in Quebec City, Vancouver and Mexico. British and Asian versions have been produced in the UK and Singapore, respectively. In 2011 the show spawned a spin-off, Just Kidding, which consists exclusively of kids playing pranks on adults.
Cast
This section requires specific casting related to Just for Laughs: Gags.
- Claude Talbot
- Dany Many
- Denis Levasseur
- Denise Jacques
- Francis Gio Santiago
- Jack Martin
- Jacques Drolet
- Jean Guimond
- Jean Kohnen
- Jean-Pierre Alarie
- Jean Provencher
- Keith Law
- Kirsteen O'Sullivan
- Marie-Andrée Poulin
- Marie-Ève Larivière
- Marie-Pierre Bouchard
- Maude Croteau
- Nadja David
- Pascal Babin
- Philippe Bond
- Richard Ledoux
- Sonia Butterworth
- Ted Pluviose
Just for Laughs (2007 television series)
| Just for Laughs Gags | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Rick Miller |
| Directed by | Troy Miller |
| Presented by | Rick Miller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 35 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Troy Miller |
| Production location(s) | Warner Brothers Studios |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Original release | 17 July 2007 – 12 July 2009 |
Just for Laughs is an American sketch comedy show hosted by Rick Miller produced by Dakota Pictures 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 mid-season replacement for 2007-2008.
It returned to the schedule on 1 January 2008, before being cancelled on 12 May 2008. On 4 June 2009, it was announced that a third season would begin airing on 21 June 2009.
Program Partners brought the show back to the United States for a fourth season beginning in fall 2015; this season aired in first-run syndication.
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 | 17 July 2007 | 6 November 2007 | 2006-2007 | #111 | 7.06 |
| 2 | 14 | Tuesday 8:00 PM | 1 January 2008 | 1 April 2008 | 2007-2008 | #156 | 4.93 |
| 3 | 4 | Sunday 7:30 PM | 21 June 2009 | 12 July 2009 | 2008-2009 | #150 | 3.90 |
Season 1 (2007)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17 July 2007 |
| 2 | 2 | 24 July 2007 |
| 3 | 3 | 31 July 2007 |
| 4 | 4 | 7 August 2007 |
| 5 | 5 | 14 August 2007 |
| 6 | 6 | 21 August 2007 |
| 7 | 7 | 28 August 2007 |
| 8 | 8 | 4 September 2007 |
| 9 | 9 | 11 September 2007 |
| 10 | 10 | 18 September 2007 |
| 11 | 11 | 25 September 2007 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 October 2007 |
| 13 | 13 | 9 October 2007 |
| 14 | 14 | 16 October 2007 |
| 15 | 15 | 23 October 2007 |
| 16 | 16 | 30 October 2007 |
| 17 | 17 | 6 November 2007 |
Season 2 (2008)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1 | 1 January 2008 |
| 19 | 2 | 8 January 2008 |
| 20 | 3 | 15 January 2008 |
| 21 | 4 | 22 January 2008 |
| 22 | 5 | 29 January 2008 |
| 23 | 6 | 5 February 2008 |
| 24 | 7 | 12 February 2008 |
| 25 | 8 | 19 February 2008 |
| 26 | 9 | 26 February 2008 |
| 27 | 10 | 4 March 2008 |
| 28 | 11 | 11 March 2008 |
| 29 | 12 | 18 March 2008 |
| 30 | 13 | 25 March 2008 |
| 31 | 14 | 1 April 2008 |
Season 3 (2009)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | 1 | 21 June 2009 |
| 33 | 2 | 28 June 2009 |
| 34 | 3 | 5 July 2009 |
| 35 | 4 | 12 July 2009 |
YouTube channel
The show has an official YouTube channel. As of March 2023, the channel had at least 7.3K videos.
Lawsuit
In 2014, an 83-year-old woman was preparing to sue Just for Laughs for child related pranking.
See also
In Spanish: Just for Laughs Gags para niños
