On n'demande qu'à en rire (literally "We ask only to laugh at it"; often abbreviated as ONDAR [ɔ̃daʁ]) is a French comedy television programme.
First broadcast on France 2 in 2010, it was created by Laurent Ruquier and involved aspiring comedians performing sketches they had written.
"Best-of" compilations were shown on France 2 until new episodes presented by Bruno Guillon began on 7 April 2014.
Each sketch is written by the candidate (with or without other writers) about a theme relating to current events chosen several days before the recording from a list.
Comedians who have performed more than 10 times (known as pensionnaires, "residents") do not get to choose from the list; their theme is imposed by Laurent Ruquier.
Others are contacted directly by the show's artistic director Charles Hudon and his colleague Émilie Dieudonné at humour festivals.
At the end of the prime-time show on 29 June 2012, Jérémy Ferrari was named "best comedian of the season" by television viewers and the jury.
The third season saw numerous pensionnaires leave to take part in a weekly spin-off programme called the ONDAR Show, broadcast every Saturday from 6 October 2012.
As in the previous season, two prime-time specials allowed 10 comedians to participate in a gala at the Casino de Paris.
On 28 March 2013, during a special programme broadcast at 6 pm, four jury members (Jean-Luc Moreau, Jean Benguigui, Laurent Ruquier and Jean-Marie Bigard) each performed a sketch and were scored by four candidates from the show (Nicole Ferroni, Arnaud Tsamere, Florent Peyre and Jérémy Ferrari).
Four On n'demande qu'à en rire specials broadcast in prime time and presented by Laurent Ruquier were initially planned, but did not take place.
Since the channel could not find a programme to get its late afternoon audiences back up (Jusqu'ici tout va bien and L'Émission pour tous got 4 and 6% respectively), France 2 finally decided to launch a new form of the show from 7 April 2014 with a new presenter, Bruno Guillon, who, like Jérémy Michalak, did not score the candidates.
Certain comedians decide to leave the programme, like Kev Adams, who left during season 1 to concentrate on filming the TV series Soda.
They have also achieved media success and are invited onto numerous television shows (including Fort Boyard and Le plus grand cabaret du monde).
Some have become actors, like Kev Adams, and some presenters, like Jérémy Ferrari and Florent Peyre in Touche pas à mon poste !, Olivier de Benoist in Vivement dimance, Nicole Ferroni on France Inter, and Arnaud Tsamere in Canapé Quiz (an adaptation of Hollywood Game Night) on TMC.