Funny business: How the new owner of Just For Laughs plans to revive a comedy powerhouse

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Sylvain Parent-Bédard wants to recapture the magic, starting with the ComediHa! salue Montréal festival, which will feature comedians Dane Cook and Bobby Slayton

Sylvain Parent-Bédard, CEO of ComediHa!, on June 26. Parent-Bédard’s entertainment agency, ComediHa!, is helping to keep the Just for Laughs name alive under their banner.Canada has a new king of comedy, and his name is Sylvain Parent-Bédard. The 50-something with the spiky hair and big smile controls Quebec City-based entertainment group ComediHa!, which bought several big-pillar assets fromin early June.

JFL founder and sole shareholder Gilbert Rozon sold the company after facing allegations of sexual misconduct. He was subsequently charged and found not guilty.

 

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