New Just for Laughs Special Done in Mandarin

TORONTO: Filmed at the Toronto Just For Laughs Festival, the new 90-minute special The Chinese Comedy & Variety Show, featuring Jiang Kun and Mark ‘Dashan’ Rowswell, has been produced in Mandarin with English subtitles for broadcast in China as well as Canada.

This is Just For Laughs’ second project in a third language, other than the two official Canadian languages. Last year’s Just For Laughs Hinglish was done in Hindi.

The special premiered on OMNI Television on February 6, coinciding with the Chinese New Year. The 90-minute program then aired in China in April on CCTV3. The English-subtitled version will air on OMNI. 2 and OMNI British Columbia on July 10 at 8:30 p.m.

Andy Nulman, co-founder of Just For Laughs, said: "We’re thrilled that this risky undertaking proved to be hilarious, and we’re hoping to help out the Western world’s economy by selling something TO China, for a change. I always thought Mandarin sounded funny, but now I know it does. Now that we know we got great ratings in China, with about 30 to 40 million viewers tuning in, I will do my best to convince the Canadian government not to invade their nation."