Piment Fort

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.

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.

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.

List of players

This is a list of humorists who have already participated in the show.

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