Just For Laughs to open comic vaults for new YouTube channel
JFL will reportedly release unseen footage of famous comedians for YouTube channel launching today
Just For Laughs, the famed Canadian comedy festival, is promising to open their comedy vaults Wednesday as it launches a new YouTube channel, according to Variety magazine.
The new channel will reportedly feature previously unseen videos of major comics like Louis CK, Chris Rock and Jon Stewart from before they were famous.
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The Montreal-based JFL is partnering with Maker Studios to run the channel in a bid to expand brand recognition in the United States.
The Disney-owned media company is best known for its highly viral video entities like Epic Rap Battles of History and PewDiePie.
Subscribers can new JFL content released three times a week. Eventually, the portal will draw from current JFL-hosted festivals.
JFL's flagship comedy festival runs every July in Montreal.
It's launched a number of spin-off festivals, including JFL42 which runs Sept. 18 to 24 in Toronto.