Directed by Victor Yavnik No. of seasons 10 | Original language(s) non-dialogue No. of episodes 325 | |
Genre Sketch-Comedy/Hidden Camera Created by Yuri Volodarsky & Alex Tarasul | ||
Naked and Funny (in Russian: Голые и смешные) is a non-dialogue sketch-comedy/hidden camera reality television series. This wildly successful show was created by the writers of the sketch-comedy hit The Gentlemen Show which was successfully broadcast on two Russian National Television Channels RTR Ch. 2 (1991-1996) followed by ORT Ch. 1 (1997-2001) and back to Channel Russia (ex-RTR) (2002-2003) for a total of over 12 years. The Naked & Funny series contains 325 episodes (over 3000 original gags) with duration of 30 min each.
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About
The first season of 24 episodes of Naked & Funny was produced in 2005. The Series premiered on LNK, the National Channel in Lithuania with a tremendous share of up to 47%. The show was then immediately commissioned by Viasat for its Russian TV channel, DTV. This tiny national channel hardly maintained an average 0.7-0.8% share at the time, but Naked & Funny brought ratings up to a 6% share in a slot from 11p-12a, which was nearly ten times higher than the average share of the channel.
At the same time the series was picked up by 1+1 Ukraine but after a few months, another Ukrainian National broadcaster commissioned all seasons to get the exclusive rights to the show for Ukraine. Following the success in Ukraine and other former USSR markets, the series was commissioned by many international broadcasters including Comedy Central in South Africa, The Netherlands and Germany, Paramount Comedy in the UK, Basque TV in Spain, etc.
The series uses a hidden camera format, playing harmless but very amusing pranks on unsuspecting subjects while hidden cameras capture their responses. Each episode presents an average of about 10 pranks. What sets this program apart from other hidden camera shows, however, is that it has an erotic element infused into each gag. Thus the name, "Naked and Funny" as well as the series’ logline: "The hidden camera series with an erotic twist." For example, a waitress in a restaurant comes to take an unsuspecting client's order and comes back with his food wearing nothing but lingerie. In the same show, an unsuspecting young lady is pulled over by a cop who gets out of his car and starts stripping for her. All segments are filmed without any dialogue; the audio has sound effects, a laugh track, and music specially composed by Edward Tsyselsky and Sergei Shustov for the series’ producer, AFL Productions. All gags are filmed in Odessa, Ukraine.
With its dialogue-free format, universal humor and outstanding sex appeal – and no translation required – Naked&Funny has been a huge hit on national, cable, satellite and paid television channels in over 40 countries throughout the world.
In April 2014, Naked&Funny gags were uploaded to YouTube. Along with user-generated gags, there were quickly over 60,000 videos on the YouTube Platform which had generated over 2 billion views by mid 2014. Based on these and other Naked&Funny assets, AFL Productions created a group of official YouTube channels, including: (Gagsnetwork on YouTube), (Naked&Funny on YouTube), and (Crazy TV Pranks on YouTube).
In December 2015, Naked&Funny became the main content on Gagsnetwork.com – a new online On-Demand service created by AFL Productions.
Gags/pranks
At the beginning of each prank, the pranksters show what is about to happen to each unsuspecting "victim." Here are some examples of the over 3,000 pranks which make up the 325 episodes:
At the end of each prank, it is revealed to the unsuspecting person(s) that they are being pranked and filmed by hidden camera(s)!
Interesting facts
Chronology of releases in Russia
Watch also
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Buying Naked
Naked and Afraid
Naked Attraction
2Rude4UTube
Crazy TV Pranks
Dating Naked