Candid Camera Meets The Silent Movies...

Someone told me recently that I should watch the TV show "Just For Laughs". After he described the show to me, I said, "So it's like Candid Camera?"

"Well, not exactly..." But he couldn't exactly explain why it was different from Candid Camera.

And the answer is...it's "Candid Camera" meets a Silent Movie.

Unlike Candid Camera, this show doesn't give a single word of explanation of any of the gags. You have to be paying attention closely enough to figure it out for yourself (not that it's difficult to figure out what's going on - it's just different to not have it spelled out for you).

Furthermore, there is no dialogue in any of the clips - the audio is just a sound track and laugh track. The result is that your full attention focuses on the facial expressions of the "victims".

I watched it for the first time last night, and almost regretted it, because a couple times it got me laughing, which made my side hurt.

My favorite stunt was the one where they had a postal truck being driven down the road with a dog in the driver's seat. The expressions on people's faces were hilarious. But then it got twice as funny, because the truck stopped (the dog apparently was lost, and needed directions) and one of their actors stepped up and started explaining to the dog where he needed to go. That was when the onlookers' facial expressions were through the roof funny!

Anyway, I'll probably watch this show again - and hopefully next time it's on it won't hurt my sides!