LAUGHING
LAUGHING FACTS THAT IF YOU LOVE COMING TO THE PUNCH TIME.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GET HEALTHIER.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> FANTASTIC. >> HERE ARE SOME FUN FACTS ABOUT
LAUGHING IN GENERAL.
WE LAUGH ON AVERAGE ABOUT 17
TIMES A CANADA.
>> I'D SAY MORE.
I LAUGH A LOT.
>> I DO TOO.
>> HUMANS ARE THE ONLY SPECIES
THAT LAUGH.
THAT LAUGH. >> REALLY.
>> REALLY. >> SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE MAYBE
HE'S LAUGHING AT US AS HE'S
EATING ALL THE SNACKS.
THAT'S SO INTERESTING.
>> I DO THINK JUDY MY DOG IS
GOING TO TALK AT ANY MOMENT.
>> SHE'S VERY BRIGHT.
WE'RE THE ONLY SPECIES WHO
LAUGH.
LAUGH.
LAUGH. >>
LAUGH. >> WE ARE.
>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING LAUGH.
INSTEAD OF GESTURES AND A
PRODUCTION OF.
PRODUCTION OF. >> I DON'T THINK SO.
CAN YOU LAUGH WITHOUT REALLY
MOVING A LOT.
NOT REALLY.
NOT REALLY. WHY WOULD YOU?
>> WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT
THAT WOULD BE STRANGE.
IT DOESN'T EVEN FEEL NATURAL.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. HERE'S THREE THEORIES TO WHY WE
LAUGH.
LAUGH.
LAUGH. THE INCONGRUITY THEORY WHEN WE
EXPECT ONE OUTCOME BUT ANOTHER
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING ONE WAY
BUT THEY GO ANOTHER AND IT'S
HILARIOUS.
HILARIOUS. THE NEXT ONE I'M NOT A BIG FAN
OF BUT SUPERIORITY THEORY.
WHEN YOU'RE LAUGHING AT SOMEBODY
ELSE.
ELSE.
ELSE. >>
ELSE. >> I DON'T LIKE THAT.
>> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. YOU KNOW MY PARENTS SPENT THE
MAJORITY OF MY CHILDHOOD SAYING
WE'RE LAUGHING WITH YOU NOT AT
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> AND THEY WERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS RELIEF
THEORY SO COMIC RELIEF DURING
TENSE SITUATIONS WHICH I DO ALL
THE TIME.
THE TIME.
THE TIME. ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS LITTLE I
USED TO GET SHOTS IN THE DOCTORS
OFFICE I WOULD LAUGH AND I SAID
TO THE NURSE SOMETIMES IS THIS
STRANGE AND SHE SAID NO IT'S
MORE COMMON THAN YOU WOULD THINK
BECAUSE IT'S JUST A RELIEF.
YOU JUST HAPPEN TO LOOK LIKE A
PSYCHO LAUGHING.
PSYCHO LAUGHING. >> I NEED TO DO THAT FOR CARE
LINE WHO BALLS HER EYES OUT.
CASEY'S LIKE CAROLINE PULL IT
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. DO YOU LAUGH IN UNCOMFORTABLE
SITUATIONS?
SITUATIONS? >> ALL THE TIME.
>> WAIT I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
YEAH YOU DO.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I LAUGH IN
UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS BUT I
WILL TRY TO MAKE SOMEBODY LAUGH
IF I KNOW THEY'RE FEELING
UNCOMFORTABLE.
UNCOMFORTABLE. >> THAT'S A GREAT QUALITY
BECAUSE YOU CARE.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME
SORT OF TENSION OR SOME AWKWARD
MOMENT AND YOU'RE LIKE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. >> LEE HAS TOLD ME BEFORE, MY
HUSBAND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL
PEOPLE YOU PEED YOUR PANTS IN
THE 2ND GRADE WHEN THERE'S A
LULL IN THE CONVERSATION.
>> IS THAT YOUR GO TO STORY.
>> I GUESS.
THAT'S A REAL TRUE STORY THAT
HAPPENED ONE TIME I THINK HE WAS
VERY EMBARRASSED.
VERY EMBARRASSED. >> WELL YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO
MAKE THE PERSON FEEL
COMFORTABLE.
COMFORTABLE. >> I LIKE THAT ABOUT YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> LET'S GET INTO THIS SCIENCE
BEHIND WHY LAUGHTER IS THE BEST
MEDICINE.
MEDICINE.
MEDICINE. SO THIS IS AN ARTICLE FROM
FORBES BY DAVID GUSTAVO.
YOU KNOW HE KNOWS A LOT ABOUT
LAUGHTER I'M SURE HE'S A RIOT.
LAUGHTER IS A POTENT ENDOR FIN
RELEASER.
RELEASER.
RELEASER. SO IT'S THOSE FEEL GOOD
RECEPTORS AND THIS IS
INTERESTING IN THE ARTICLE IT
RELEASES THE SAME RECEPTORS THAT
HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE ON DRUGS LIKE
NARCOTICS BUT WITHOUT THE DRUGS.
>> REALLY.
>> REALLY. >> YEAH, SO IT'S DEFINITELY
HEALTHIER.
HEALTHIER. >> BETTER FOR YOU AND YOU'RE NOT
BREAKING ANY LAW.
>> THAT'S REALLY POWERFUL THAT
LAUGHTER IS THAT STRONG AS SIVEN
THET CLOOE MADE MEDICATION OR
ILLEGAL DRUGS.
ILLEGAL DRUGS. LAUGHTER CAN CONTAGIOUSLY FORM
SOCIAL BOND.
SOCIAL BOND. THIS EXPLAINS WHY SOCIAL
LAUGHTER IS SO CONTAGIOUS WHEN
YOU'RE WITH SOMEBODY LAUGHING
SPREADS.
SPREADS.
SPREADS. AT THE COMEDY SHOW DON'T WE WILL
BE LAUGHING BECAUSE EVERYBODY
WILL BE LAUGHING EVEN IF IT'S
SOMETHING THAT MAYBE DOESN'T
TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE.
>> I'M THE SAME WAY AND ALSO I
CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE
PERFORMING STAND UP AND TO LOOK
OUT IN THE AUDIENCE AND BECAUSE
IT'S A SMALL VENUE TO SEE MAYBE
SOMEBODY NOT BEING ENGAGED OR
NOT ENJOYING THEMSELVES YOU THAT
WOULD BREAK MY HEART.
SO I'M ALWAYS LIKE I KNOW YOU'RE
TRYING THIS IS AMAZING.
>> VERY ENCOURAGING.
>> WELL I TRY.
>> I JUST SAW THE PROMPTER GO
LIKE THIS.
LIKE THIS. I GUESS I'M OUT OF MORE
SCIENTIFIC