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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><i>Just for Laughs Gags</i></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">24 <small>(as of 2024)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">3,000+</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs" title="Just for Laughs">Just for Laughs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production locations</th><td class="infobox-data">Canada <small>(cities of <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a>)</small><br />Mexico</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">15–22 minutes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TVA_(Canadian_TV_network)" title="TVA (Canadian TV network)">TVA</a><br /><a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC Television</a><br /><a href="/wiki/CTV_Comedy_Channel" title="CTV Comedy Channel">The Comedy Network</a><br /><a href="/wiki/TVOntario" class="mw-redirect" title="TVOntario">TVOntario</a> (Canada)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">Telemundo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a> (United States)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">26 December 2000<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2000-12-26</span>)</span> –<br />present<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">present</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs_(British_TV_series)" title="Just for Laughs (British TV series)"><i>Just for Laughs</i> (British TV series)</a><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs_Gags_Asia" title="Just for Laughs Gags Asia">Just for Laughs Gags Asia</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Just_Kidding_(TV_series)" title="Just Kidding (TV series)">Just Kidding</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Candid_Camera" title="Candid Camera">Candid Camera</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Just for Laughs Gags</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i><b>Les Gags</b></i>) is a Canadian <a href="/wiki/Silent_comedy" title="Silent comedy">silent comedy</a>/<a href="/wiki/Hidden_camera" title="Hidden camera">hidden camera</a> <a href="/wiki/Reality_television#Hidden_cameras" title="Reality television">reality television series</a> that is under the <a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs" title="Just for Laughs">Just for Laughs</a> brand<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created by Pierre Girard and Jacques Chevalier.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The series uses a hidden camera format, playing <a href="/wiki/Practical_joke" title="Practical joke">pranks</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Sound_effect" title="Sound effect">sound effects</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Laugh_track" title="Laugh track">laugh track</a>, and music. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 December 2000, <i>Just for Laughs Gags</i> began airing on French Canadian network <a href="/wiki/Canal_D" title="Canal D">Canal D</a>. In the following years, the show was picked up by <a href="/wiki/TVA_(Canadian_TV_network)" title="TVA (Canadian TV network)">TVA</a>, <a href="/wiki/CBC_Television" title="CBC Television">CBC</a> and <a href="/wiki/CTV_Comedy_Channel" title="CTV Comedy Channel">The Comedy Network</a> in Canada, <a href="/wiki/BBC1" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC1">BBC1</a> in the UK, <a href="/wiki/TF1" title="TF1">TF1</a> in France, and <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">Telemundo</a> and also <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most segments are filmed in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, while some have been filmed in <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vancouver" title="Vancouver">Vancouver</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. <a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs_(British_TV_series)" title="Just for Laughs (British TV series)">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Just_for_Laughs_Gags_Asia" title="Just for Laughs Gags Asia">Asian</a> versions have been produced in the <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, respectively. 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Denise Jacques</li> <li>Francis Gio Santiago</li> <li>Jack Martin</li> <li>Jacques Drolet</li> <li>Jean Guimond</li> <li>Jean Kohnen</li> <li>Jean-Pierre Alarie</li> <li>Jean Provencher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Law_(comedian)" title="Keith Law (comedian)">Keith Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirsteen_O%27Sullivan" title="Kirsteen O'Sullivan">Kirsteen O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Andr%C3%A9e_Poulin" class="extiw" title="fr:Marie-Andrée Poulin">Marie-Andrée Poulin</a></li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-%C3%88ve_Larivi%C3%A8re" class="extiw" title="fr:Marie-Ève Larivière">Marie-Ève Larivière</a></li> <li>Marie-Ève Verdier</li> <li>Marie-Pierre Bouchard</li> <li>Mathilde Laurier<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Maude Croteau</li> <li>Maude Laurier<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Nadja David</li> <li>Pascal Babin</li> <li><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Bond" class="extiw" title="fr:Philippe Bond">Philippe Bond</a></li> <li>Rebecca Laurier<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Richard Ledoux</li> <li>Richardson Zéphir</li> <li>Sonia Butterworth</li> <li>Ted Pluviose</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tv_just_for_laughs_gags.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Tv_just_for_laughs_gags.JPG/200px-Tv_just_for_laughs_gags.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Tv_just_for_laughs_gags.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="226" /></a><figcaption>A gag on <i>Just for Laughs Gags</i></figcaption></figure> <p>With its silent format and no translation required (outside of gag set-up commentary which is easily localised), in three years <i>Just for Laughs Gags</i> reached 70 countries and by 2015 had been purchased for use in over 130 countries throughout the world as well as in airports and by airlines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reactions to the gags range from "inane"<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to cross-culturally funny.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same distributors also distribute <i><a href="/wiki/Surprise_Sur_Prise" title="Surprise Sur Prise">Surprise Sur Prise</a></i>, a similar show. </p><p>Bruce Hills, who is COO of the company responsible for the show, thinks that the reason why it is in demand among TV channels is because of its feature of expressing to audiences without language.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Just_for_Laughs_(American_TV_series)"><span id="Just_for_Laughs_.28American_TV_series.29"></span><i>Just for Laughs</i> (American TV series)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Just for Laughs (American TV series)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1230561210"><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Just for Laughs Gags</i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka"><i>Just for Laughs</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Comedy" title="Comedy">Comedy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Miller_(comedian)" title="Rick Miller (comedian)">Rick Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Troy_Miller_(film_producer)" title="Troy Miller (film producer)">Troy Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee">Rick Miller</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">35</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Troy Miller</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production location</th><td class="infobox-data">Warner Brothers Studios</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data">Single-camera</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">23 minutes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">17 July 2007<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2007-07-17</span>)</span> –<br />12 July 2009<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2009-07-12</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Just for Laughs</b></i> is an American <a href="/wiki/Sketch_comedy" title="Sketch comedy">sketch comedy</a> show hosted by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Miller_(comedian)" title="Rick Miller (comedian)">Rick Miller</a> produced by <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Pictures" title="Dakota Pictures">Dakota Pictures</a> that shows clips from the Canadian version of the show. </p><p>Good ratings during the summer airings in 2007 and a <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike" title="2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike">writer's union strike</a> resulted in ABC adding the show to the network lineup as a <a href="/wiki/Mid-season_replacement" title="Mid-season replacement">mid-season replacement</a> for 2007–08. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Program Partners brought the show back to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> for a fourth season beginning in fall 2015; this season aired in first-run syndication.<sup id="cite_ref-blog.sitcomsonline.com_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blog.sitcomsonline.com-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seasonal_Nielsen_ratings">Seasonal Nielsen ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Seasonal Nielsen ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of <i>Just for Laughs</i> on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Episodes </th> <th>Timeslot (EDT) </th> <th>Season Premiere </th> <th>Season Finale </th> <th>TV Season </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Viewers<br />(in millions) </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <th style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center">1 </th> <td style="font-size:13px;text-align:center">17 </td> <th style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Tuesday 8:00 PM </th> <td>17 July 2007 </td> <td>6 November 2007 </td> <td style="font-size:11px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2006–07 United States network television schedule">2006-2007</a> </td> <th style="text-align:center">#111 </th> <td style="text-align:center">7.06 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <th style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center">2 </th> <td style="font-size:13px;text-align:center">14 </td> <th style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Tuesday 8:00 PM </th> <td>1 January 2008 </td> <td>1 April 2008 </td> <td style="font-size:11px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="2007–08 United States network television schedule">2007-2008</a> </td> <th style="text-align:center">#156 </th> <td style="text-align:center">4.93 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <th style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center">3 </th> <td style="font-size:13px;text-align:center">4 </td> <th style="background:#F9F9F9;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%">Sunday 7:30 PM </th> <td>21 June 2009 </td> <td>12 July 2009 </td> <td style="font-size:11px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2008-2009_United_States_network_television_schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="2008-2009 United States network television schedule">2008-2009</a> </td> <th style="text-align:center">#150 </th> <td style="text-align:center">3.90 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Season_1_(2007)"><span id="Season_1_.282007.29"></span>Season 1 (2007)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Season 1 (2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No.<br />overall</th> <th>No. in<br />season</th> <th>Original airdate </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>17 July 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>24 July 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>31 July 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b></td> <td>4</td> <td>7 August 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>5</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>14 August 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>21 August 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>7</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>28 August 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>8</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>4 September 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>9</b></td> <td>9</td> <td>11 September 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>10</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>18 September 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>11</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>25 September 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>12</td> <td>2 October 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>13</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>9 October 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>14</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>16 October 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>15</b></td> <td>15</td> <td>23 October 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>16</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>30 October 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>17</b></td> <td>17</td> <td>6 November 2007 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Season_2_(2008)"><span id="Season_2_.282008.29"></span>Season 2 (2008)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Season 2 (2008)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No.<br />overall</th> <th>No. in<br />season</th> <th>Original airdate </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>18</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>1 January 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>19</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>8 January 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>20</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>15 January 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>21</b></td> <td>4</td> <td>22 January 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>22</b></td> <td>5</td> <td>29 January 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>23</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>5 February 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>24</b></td> <td>7</td> <td>12 February 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>25</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>19 February 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>26</b></td> <td>9</td> <td>26 February 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>27</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>4 March 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>28</b></td> <td>11</td> <td>11 March 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>29</b></td> <td>12</td> <td>18 March 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>13</td> <td>25 March 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>31</b></td> <td>14</td> <td>1 April 2008 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Season_3_(2009)"><span id="Season_3_.282009.29"></span>Season 3 (2009)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Season 3 (2009)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No.<br />overall</th> <th>No. in<br />season</th> <th>Original airdate </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>32</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>21 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>33</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>28 June 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>34</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>5 July 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>35</b></td> <td>4</td> <td>12 July 2009 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="YouTube_channel">YouTube channel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: YouTube channel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show has an official <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> channel. As of March 2023, the channel had at least 7.3K videos.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuit">Lawsuit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, an 83-year-old woman was preparing to sue <i>Just for Laughs</i> for child related pranking.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Just_for_Laughs_Gags&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aoltv.com/show/just-for-laughs-gags/185761">Just for Laughs Gags</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211405/http://www.aoltv.com/show/just-for-laughs-gags/185761">Archived</a> 23 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> "This crazy but amazing team of Quebec-based comedian 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 <i>Candid Camera</i> is a tad more risque and a little kookier with its practical jokes. 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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."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=8145">"ABC Revives "Just for Laughs"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. The Futon Critic. 4 June 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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