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Very Bad Blagues (Very Bad Jokes) is a French TV short program created by the Palmashow, a comedy duo composed of Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais. The title “very bad blagues” is inspired by “Superbad” (American movie). This program counts 192 daily episodes of 3 minutes. It is directed by Jonathan Barré, and co-produced by Blagbuster Production. It is broadcasted since March 21st of 2011, every evening on Direct 8, and now on D8 (new channel replacing Direct 8). https://www.facebook.com/#!/palmashow?fref=ts

Synopsis

The first season counts 110 episodes and season 2 is broadcasted daily since October 24th of 2011. On November 2012, the duo announced the launching of a new season “Palmashow l’émission” (“Palmashow, the program”), composed of original episodes and previous episodes. The first 2 season’s episodes are filmed in static shot and they respect certain codes. Since season 3 the episodes are also filmed in shot-counter shot. The pattern is always the same, a theme tune, a first scene announcing the theme, followed by the title of the episode, then the scene begins, and it ends with the theme tune. The episode is generally composed of 12 sketches where we can find running gags, flashbacks, “jump cuts”, and appearance of recurring characters. Each episode is an occasion for both authors and actors to deal with different topics and to add an element of surprise, always using the same kind of humor. Very Bad Blague has become very popular, because each episode has a new approach and a different narration. You’ll never see the same set twice, this is why each “Very Bad Blagues” episode is different. Very Bad Blagues has developped/evolved all along the seasons. In the first season, the Palmashow were making fun of everyday-life by using running gags. Season 2 is different, the episodes are more narrative. Jonathan Barré (the serie’s director), declared in a blog interview in October 2011 that this short program has common points with The Simpsons. Tiny stories parodying current society, played by exuberent characters with cartoon-like punchlines. The program welcomes guest stars such as Elie Semoun, Christophe Lambert, Florence Foresti, Kyan Kojandi, Pascal Legitimus…