Frustrated that his friends and colleagues were treating him like a joke, Kyle Martin of Nashville, Tennessee, decided to take matters into his own hands and begin taking himself more seriously. "Be the change you want to see in the world," said M...
Lionel Bigsby of Brooklyn, New York, decided to stop crying or.yelling about all the stupid and mundane nonsense that came his way, and to laugh over it instead - and has been in stitches ever since. "What does 'in stitches' even mean?" said a cac...
Noting that his conversations with his buddies tended to devolve into a great deal of laughing, joking around, and poking fun at their ridiculous lives, Ben Hayes of Brooklyn, New York, felt a personal responsibility to provide the component sorely l...
"The content is terrific, but you really need to work on your delivery," was the overall message maternity patients had for OB/GYN and amateur stand-up comic Sean O'Connell of Chicago, who has a standard practice of prescribing all his patients a hea...
Pharmaceutical giant Myzer Inc. filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles comedy club Laugh It Off, seeking to prevent the club from proclaiming in its marketing materials that laughter is the best medicine. “They’re not qualified physicians,” noted Myz...
Maude Frickert, often seen on many old television shows has died at the age of 87, the same age as her twin brother Jonathon Winters who died late last year. Maude loved to horse around, especially with younger men as she was married some twelve t...
Steve Sanchez, A long-term Toronto resident, has trouble concealing his laughter every time he enters a local delicatessen. A highly advertised and popular item on the menu is the restaurant's famous Crispy Fish Tacos. "I just can't do it," says t...
Garson Weedleston estimates that his laugh has been featured on more than 500 television programs. "People think I'm the happiest guy in the world because I'm a professional laugh track laugher, but in reality, it's a tough, demanding job," said Wee...
Humour, as is often said, is highly subjective. So how can a jokey piece from a serious piece be distinguished? "It's important to know if an author is being serious," said App World! editor, Mac Buck. "That way you know whether or not to laugh."...
Following its unlamented ending, sitcom favourite My Family will see its canned laughter machine sold off. The machine, seen as one of the hardest working canned laughter machines working today, has recently been employed on Miranda and In with t...
HOLLYWOOD - Television executives are sweating bullets as they have learned that President Obama acting on the advice of his entertainment media advisor Oprah Winfrey has proposed a bill that the Tinsel Town moguls hate more than even having to put u...
A new report by top boffins says it's nonsense to suggest you can "laugh like a drain." Sociologists and anthropologists from the University of Maidenhead have carried out a five-year study that took them around the world. In their report, publish...
Birmingham: A man was arrested today in Birmingham city centre for laughing in a public place. The man named Michael O'Flaherty (36) originally from Liverpool was seen by members of the public openly giggling and eventually laughing out loud while ta...
'If you smile the whole world smiles with you!' chimed Penny. 'That's good. Laughter does you good.' 'Well maybe not the whole world but a few. Terry anyway. I know Grandma could do with some cheering up. Shall we go and see her in Hospital?' 'Poor Barbara. She's had a slight stroke. We ought to visit her but Rupert's got the car so we'll have go by bus.' 'Ok. Where's Dad gone?' 'So...
Doctors at the Psychedelic Post-Premonition Research Center in Mill Valley, California have discovered that the some toes are loaded with previously unidentified microscopic nerve cells. The cells are called Samantha Micro Toe Cellules after the lab...
In a move designed to attract more viewers to a steady fan base, the CBS network has decided to remove the laugh track from their half-hour sitcoms. "We feel the shows have a certain pious attitude about them," said Leslie Moonves, the preside...
ANAHEIM, CA - Recent research shows that laughter can produce the same health benefits as physical exercise. That euphoric finding was presented at the 2010 Experimental Biology conference in Anaheim. The study by Loma Linda University, determine...
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