Têtes à claques
Type of site | Humour website |
|---|---|
| Available in | French English Spanish |
| Owner | Michel Beaudet |
| Created by | Michel Beaudet |
| URL | tetesaclaques |
| Launched | 16 August 2006 |
| Current status | active |
Têtes à claques (French pronunciation: [tɛtza klak]) is a French-language humour website created on 16 August 2006. Over one million short videos are watched per day, making it one of the most popular francophone websites in Quebec (and eventually Canada as a whole). As of December 2017, 290 videos had been created. The most popular of these include Le pilote, Le Willi Waller, and Halloween.
The creator, Michel Beaudet, has expressed surprise at the popularity of his site, saying it has reached an audience he never anticipated.
In 2010, Mondo Media picked up the English version of Têtes à claques and began broadcasting it under the name TAC.
In January 2016, the second version of the English series, now titled Knuckleheads, got its premiere on Adult Swim. It was partly remastered to make jokes understandable for an English-speaking audience (for example, the Prime Minister was made similar to Stephen Harper).
The clips are produced by Salambo Productions, a company Beaudet formed in order to capitalize on the success of Têtes à claques.