TORONTO — Amazon Prime Video announced today Canadian actor and director Jay Baruchel (Goon, This Is the End, How to Train Your Dragon) will be the host of the new series LOL: Last One Laughing Canada, which is based on an Amazon Original series format from Japan.
Produced by Insight Productions, the Canadian edition of the comedy-variety series will be shot in Toronto and feature a diverse cast of Canadian comedic actors and stand-up comedians competing to make each other laugh first. The last comedian standing will win the grand prize for the charity of their choice.
“The six-part Amazon Original series will use dozens of cameras to catch all of the hilarious action during the unpredictable six-hour competition, and follow the select group of established comedy stars and up-and-coming talent, who bring various styles to the table, including stand-up, character, improvisational and physical comedy, among others,” reads the press release.
LOL: Last One Laughing Canada follows the format of Amazon’s original Japanese series Hitoshi Matsumoto Presents Documental, produced by and starring comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto who leads 10 comedians betting their own money in an anything goes “battle of laughter behind closed doors”. The format has already been adapted in Mexico, Australia, Germany and Italy, with editions soon to premiere in France and Spain.
LOL: Last One Laughing Canada is the third Canadian Amazon Original series to be announced following The Kids in the Hall and All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs.
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