Piment Fort
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Piment Fort was a popular Quebec
humoristic game show hosted by the colorful Normand Brathwaite
which aired on TVA from 1993 to 2001. Piment Fort means "hot pepper" in French.
The show was recorded in front of a live audience (18 years and older, because there were alcoholic drinks served)in Montreal's Café Campus located on 57 Prince-Arthur East. After each game, the audience was asked to vote for the player who made the best joke or story. The winning player received a hot pepper as a trophy. If the vote was close, each player received a pepper.
A crossword game. This game was played once a week and always on Friday. The crossword theme changed each week. The host asked real questions with real answers in order to fill the crossword board, but the players always answered with jokes. A real answer was answered once in the show history.
Each player was asked to choose a famous person from a selected list and to choose six words from a second different list. Then the player had to explain how the words he/she chose were linked to that person.
This is not really a game. People in the attendance are asked to ask personal questions to the players.
The host gives the first words of a fictitious proverb. Each player has to finish the proverb with his/her own words.
The host asks the meaning of a real abbreviation or acronym, but each player has his/her own interpretation.
The host asks the player to finish a sentence beginning with: "Bless (a famous person or a group of famous people)..."
Each player is assigned with a different statement. The players have to read their statement, but they have to change a selected letter by another one. Example: change the "b" for "z." Each player has 30 seconds to read their statement.
The host asks the players what is the difference between two famous people.
A different sound is assigned to each humorist. They have to tell what it does mean.
The host gives a fictitious scenario: a famous person has gone to a selected place. Each player has to imagine what this person did there.
The host gives the beginning of a sentence which begins itself with the word "if." Each player is asked to finish the sentence.
That game is played with a drawing board. Each humorist is shown a different abstract drawing. They all have to finish their drawing their own way and to explain the significance of the final drawing.
A guest star invited to the show is hidden behind a big board. The host gives clues to the players in order to discover the guest's identity.
This is a game based on improvisation. Each player is secretly given a person, an animal or an event by the host. The player has to mime it and the other two players have to guess what the active player wants to tell them.
A guest star invited to the show is hidden in a hot pepper costume. The players have to ask questions to the hidden guest in order to discover his/her identity.
The game begins as every player has a bag on the head. When it's his/her turn, one player puts off his/her bag and he/she discovers that everybody in the attendance has a bag on their head. There's a guest star hidden in the bag-headed crowd and the player has to put the bag of the head of every person he seeks in order to find the guest. Each player is given limited time and if he/she passes through his/her own time, it's another player turn to try.
The most popular game of the show. Each humorist tells a joke or a hilarious story of his/her choice.
The host asks the players to tell what they think is the biggest secret kept by a famous person.
The host gives the beginning and the end of a fictitious story. Each part is completely different from the other. Player 1 has to tell the story by saying the beginning words already given and to go on with his/her own ideas during a given time. Then, player 2 has to pursue the story where player 1 left off. Player 3 pursues second player's part and has to end the story with the words given by the host before the game started.
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humoristic game show hosted by the colorful Normand Brathwaite
Normand Brathwaite
Normand Brathwaite is a Quebec comedian, movie and television actor, radio and television host and musician. He is known for hosting variety televisions shows for over 10 years, including Piment Fort as well as the Montreal radio morning show Yé trop de bonne heure on CKOI-FM for 15 years...
which aired on TVA from 1993 to 2001. Piment Fort means "hot pepper" in French.
Overview
The show's concept was to invite three humorists a week and to make them participate in a variety of games which led them to crack jokes and tell funny stories.The show was recorded in front of a live audience (18 years and older, because there were alcoholic drinks served)in Montreal's Café Campus located on 57 Prince-Arthur East. After each game, the audience was asked to vote for the player who made the best joke or story. The winning player received a hot pepper as a trophy. If the vote was close, each player received a pepper.
List of games
This is a list of games played on the show. Each game was associated with a different hat worn by the host and decorated according to the game's theme.- Les mots croisés (The Crosswords)
A crossword game. This game was played once a week and always on Friday. The crossword theme changed each week. The host asked real questions with real answers in order to fill the crossword board, but the players always answered with jokes. A real answer was answered once in the show history.
- Trouvez le mozus (Find the Schmuck)
- Ça rime en crime (It Rhymes a lot)
- Ils vont tellement bien ensemble (They go together so well)
Each player was asked to choose a famous person from a selected list and to choose six words from a second different list. Then the player had to explain how the words he/she chose were linked to that person.
- Conférence de presse (Press conference)
This is not really a game. People in the attendance are asked to ask personal questions to the players.
- Les faux proverbes (The fake proverbs)
The host gives the first words of a fictitious proverb. Each player has to finish the proverb with his/her own words.
- C'est quoi ton sigle?
The host asks the meaning of a real abbreviation or acronym, but each player has his/her own interpretation.
- Qu'avez-vous à déclarer? (What do you have to declare?)
- Les béatitudes
The host asks the player to finish a sentence beginning with: "Bless (a famous person or a group of famous people)..."
- Au pied de la lettre
Each player is assigned with a different statement. The players have to read their statement, but they have to change a selected letter by another one. Example: change the "b" for "z." Each player has 30 seconds to read their statement.
- Devine la devise (Find the motto)
- Place aux poètes (Here are the poets)
- Vive la différence! (Long live the difference!)
The host asks the players what is the difference between two famous people.
- C'est meilleur en groupe (It's better in a group)
- À quoi tu penses? (What do you think?)
- Les pieds dans les plats
- Ça rend sourd
A different sound is assigned to each humorist. They have to tell what it does mean.
- Mission impossible
- Fais ta prière
- Comme maman disait (As mommy said)
- On va-tu aux vues?
- Y ont l'tour
- L'avenir dans mes boules
- J'ai mon voyage
The host gives a fictitious scenario: a famous person has gone to a selected place. Each player has to imagine what this person did there.
- Avec des si... (With ifs...)
The host gives the beginning of a sentence which begins itself with the word "if." Each player is asked to finish the sentence.
- Fais-moi une ligne (Draw me a line)
That game is played with a drawing board. Each humorist is shown a different abstract drawing. They all have to finish their drawing their own way and to explain the significance of the final drawing.
- C'est qui? C'est qui? (Who is it? Who is it?)
A guest star invited to the show is hidden behind a big board. The host gives clues to the players in order to discover the guest's identity.
- Les simagrées
This is a game based on improvisation. Each player is secretly given a person, an animal or an event by the host. The player has to mime it and the other two players have to guess what the active player wants to tell them.
- La grosse légume (The big vegetable)
A guest star invited to the show is hidden in a hot pepper costume. The players have to ask questions to the hidden guest in order to discover his/her identity.
- Le sac sur la tête (The bag on the head)
The game begins as every player has a bag on the head. When it's his/her turn, one player puts off his/her bag and he/she discovers that everybody in the attendance has a bag on their head. There's a guest star hidden in the bag-headed crowd and the player has to put the bag of the head of every person he seeks in order to find the guest. Each player is given limited time and if he/she passes through his/her own time, it's another player turn to try.
- Le détecteur de mensonges (The Lie Detector)
- Strip tease
- Connais-tu l'histoire du gars (Do you know the guy's story?)
The most popular game of the show. Each humorist tells a joke or a hilarious story of his/her choice.
- Top secret
The host asks the players to tell what they think is the biggest secret kept by a famous person.
- Le début de la fin (The beginning of the end)
The host gives the beginning and the end of a fictitious story. Each part is completely different from the other. Player 1 has to tell the story by saying the beginning words already given and to go on with his/her own ideas during a given time. Then, player 2 has to pursue the story where player 1 left off. Player 3 pursues second player's part and has to end the story with the words given by the host before the game started.
List of players
This is a list of humorists who have already participated in the show.- Jean-François Baril
- Michel BarretteMichel BarretteMichel Barrette is a television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up comedian. He played in various roles in Quebec movies and television shows since 1982.-Profile:...
- Réal Béland
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- Serge ChapleauSerge ChapleauSerge Chapleau is a French-Canadian political cartoonist from the province of Québec.- Biography :...
- Jacques ChevalierJacques ChevalierJacques Chevalier was a French philosopher.Chevalier was born in Cérilly, Allier, and taught at the Faculty of Letters in Grenoble. He was the author of many books, mainly about the history of philosophy....
- Alain Choquette
- Jean-Marie Corbeil
- Martin Drainville
- André DucharmeAndré DucharmeAndré Ducharme is a Québécois author, comedian and humorist. He was part of the Rock et Belles Oreilles group from 1981 to 1995. He was credited as André G. Ducharme in RBO; "G. Ducharme" has the same sound in French as "J'ai du charme," which means "I have charm" or "I am charming."-References:...
- Jean-Michel Dufaux
- Chantal Francke
- José Gaudet
- André Gauthier
- Jean-Claude Gélinas
- Mathieu Gratton
- Serge Grenier
- Mario JeanMario JeanMario Jean , is a stand up comedian and movie and television actor from Quebec, Canada.He is currently the star of a series based on his life, La Vie Rêvée de Mario Jean . It airs on Télévision de Radio-Canada, the French division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
- Anthony KavanaghAnthony KavanaghAnthony KAVANAGH is a Canadian stand up comedian, actor, singer, tv host. After a successful career on the francophone stand-up scene in Quebec, he became a major star in France, where he is now a popular television host.- Early life :Anthony Kavanagh was born to Haitian parents on September 26,...
- Bruno LandryBruno LandryBruno Landry is a Québécois comedian and humorist. He was part of the humor group Rock et Belles Oreilles from 1981 to 1995.-External links:...
- Sylvain Larocque
- Marcel Leboeuf
- Pierre Légaré
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- François Léveillé
- Peter Macleod
- Maxime MartinMaxime MartinMaxime Martin is a Belgian racing driver, competing in the FIA GT1 World Championship for the Marc VDS Racing Team.-Career:...
- François Massicotte
- Martin Matte
- Mélanie Maynard
- Luck MervilLuck MervilLuck Mervil is a Haitian-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He is known for his belief in Quebec independence, and was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 2005....
- Michel MorinMichel MorinMichel Morin was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a three-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born on March 27, 1948 in Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and made career in education. Before he ran for office, he was a political activist with the Progressive...
- Louis Morissette
- Michel M'Pambara
- Guy Nantel
- Laurent PaquinLaurent PaquinLaurent Paquin was born September 21, 1971 in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. He is a comedian and radio personality from Quebec.- Bibliography :Laurent Paquin has hosted several galas for the Just for laughs festival in Montreal. He also played in the comedy musical Chicago presented at the Casino de...
- Yves Pelletier
- Alex Perron
- Martin Petit
- Marie-Élaine Proulx
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- Richard Z. SiroisRichard Z. SiroisRichard Z. Sirois is a Canadian radio and television comedian. Previously associated with the programs 100 Limite, Les Bleu Poudre et Rock et Belles Oreilles, he currently cohosts the afternoon program Les Cerveaux de l'info on CKOI-FM in Montreal with the comedy duo Masked Avengers.He also hosts...
- Ghislain Taschereau
- Mario Tessier
- Christian Tétreault
- Serge ThériaultSerge Thériault-Background:Theriault played several roles in several Quebec television series and movies since it debut in the acting industry in 1973.Theriault most famous role was in the popular television series La Petite Vie which played from 1993 to 1999 on French-Canadian television network Radio-Canada and...
- Dany Turcotte
- Mike Ward