Just for Laughs: Gags
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| Just for Laughs: Gags | |
|---|---|
 Just For Laughs Gags title card | |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Pierre Girard and Jacques Chevalier |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | Silent, interjection |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 3000+ |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Just for Laughs |
| Location(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC/Telemundo (U.S.) TVA/CBC/The Comedy Network(Canada) BBC1 (UK) TF1 (France) |
| Original run | December 26, 2000 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Just for Laughs |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Just for Laughs: Gags (JFL Gags) is a silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand. In 2000, JFL Gags began airing on French Canadian network Télé Québec. In the following years, the show was picked up by TVA, CBCand The Comedy Network in Canada, BBC1 in the UK, TF1 in France, ABC and Telemundo in the United States.
This series' format is the typical hidden camera comedy show, playing silly pranks on unsuspecting subjects while hidden cameras capture the people's response. This show plays music in the background, but does not contain any sound or dialogue other than brief sound effects and laughter. It is mostly filmed in Downtown Montreal and rural Quebec although some segments have been filmed inMexico. British and Asian versions have been produced in the UK and Singapore respectively. In 2011, the show also spawned a spinoff called 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 airlines.
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[edit]Pranks
Just a few illustrative examples from the thousands of pranks filmed for the 3000+ shows include:
- Alien in the bushes - As people pass by, bushes shake uttering a strange language. As they try to check it, the alien pops out and chases them away.
- Hand out of the coffin - A coffin is abandoned in a park and when people pass by, the 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 gun 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 girls and/or prostitutes walks by and the officer honks a horn and the women appear to believe the drivers honked at them.
[edit]International versions
| Country | Name | Network | Aired |
|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | Just for Laughs | BBC One | 31 May 2003 – 21 July 2007 |
 United States | Just for Laughs | ABC | July 17, 2007 – July 12, 2009 |
 Singapore | Just for Laughs Gags Asia | MediaCorp Channel 5 | January 12, 2010 – April 13, 2010 |
 Philippines | Just for Laughs Gags Philippines | GMA Network | November 5, 2011 – August 2012 |
 Japan | Just for Laughs | Fox | ??? – present |
 Turkey | Komikler (Just for Laughs Gags) | Kanal D | ??? – present |
 Poland | Ale numer! | TV Puls | ??? - present |
 Finland | Pilanpäiten | MTV3 | 2001–present |
 Russia | Smeha Radi (Russian: Смеха Ради) | Dvazhdy dva | 2012–present |
 India | Just for Laughs Gags | Zee Cafe | 2008–present |
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