Do you feel that we don't take laughter seriously enough as a society? I think the laugh track is really interesting since you mentioned it. The original laugh track was developed to become infectious and to sweeten moments when there wasn't laughter or desweeten moments when laughter went on too long because laughter can get weird. And professional mourners are a lot like professional laughers and professional mourners have been for centuries to laugh in a certain way at funerals so that the laugh, I mean, doesn't control the audience's response.
What the hell is laughter? Why do we do it, and what is its purpose? This week, psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir joins Adam to discuss her theories about the origins of laughter, its effect on other people, and its purpose in various scenarios. Buy Nuar’s book at http://factuallypod.com/books
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