
Paul F. Tompkins’s “Peanut Brittle”
Good One: A Podcast About Jokes
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The Importance of Laughing
When you hear me laughing, it's always genuine. I'm not an easy-laffer. And if somebody makes me laugh in front of a microphone or off mic, it's a real laugh. Even with people who are not comedians necessarily, they might make a joke that's not the most hilarious thing in the world, but there's something in the intention to me that I enjoy. It's a real bonding thing. Just that we do this as humans is really, it’s a special thing,. You know, that we amuse each other and that we, you know, like I've laughed at people and they said, oh, nice fake laugh. But I was sincere
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