# Laughter is the best medicine and I need a good laugh **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116 "2020-10-03T12:42:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/21 "2020-10-03T23:03:42Z")
Any love for old-school comedy here? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ldSyvZkBBoE/hqdefault.jpg "Red Skelton In Canada 1982 #2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldSyvZkBBoE) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/22 "2020-10-03T23:32:41Z")
Oh yes, Red Skelton was an absolute favorite of mine growing up. He just radiated kindness. I’d actually been thinking about him the last couple of days for some reason. Very Funny. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/23 "2020-10-04T00:25:50Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I LOL every time I watch this: [Pinky the Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okZW3_5Gr4s). I could see where that was headed but it still cracked me up. 😸 ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/24 "2020-10-04T00:31:45Z")
I just shared this with a friend a few days ago. Never fails to make me snicker. [![](https://external-preview.redd.it/5nGbfHL-7HTQywdAAujBG6hFFHVVh56LQfLbMiQbIco.png?auto=webp&s=a317725cb2c859d51286b0efd073f3c8737fc55c) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/5nGbfHL-7HTQywdAAujBG6hFFHVVh56LQfLbMiQbIco.png?auto=webp&s=a317725cb2c859d51286b0efd073f3c8737fc55c) ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/25 "2020-10-04T01:25:43Z")
LMAO, twice. Had to watch it twice. Bookmarked. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/26 "2020-10-04T14:43:28Z")
LOL I wish there was a “Like” button on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/27 "2020-10-04T14:47:03Z")
My all-time favorite tweet, which never fails to make me laugh: “Hello sir, l-_briefcase full of jellybeans falls open_” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/28 "2020-10-04T14:50:07Z")
[The Ringworm Song for Kittens](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g7P8ShrReM) by Kitten Lady ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/29 "2020-10-04T17:37:04Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > My dad always said laughter is the best medicine. Maybe that’s why my brothers and sisters all died of tuberculosis. > > (\*stolen from… who? I can’t remember) Sounds like a Jack Handey ‘Deep Thought’. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/30 "2020-10-04T18:11:08Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I LOL every time I watch this: [Pinky the Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okZW3_5Gr4s) I laughed too, but – anybody know what happened to the cat\*? He’s unlikely to have survived as a feral with that leash attached; sooner or later it would get caught on something. \*yes, I know, he’s dead by now if only of old age. You know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/31 "2020-10-05T22:17:29Z")
Another raccoon, trying to eat cotton candy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rfbb4yRBH64/hqdefault.jpg "Racoon Gets Sad when His Cotton Candy Dissolves in Water") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfbb4yRBH64) And this African Grey parrot (you are not human if you don’t bust out laughing): [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pZ1nAR86Vd8/maxresdefault.jpg "Kanji The Parrot makes squeak toy noise when squeezed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ1nAR86Vd8) ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/32 "2020-10-06T18:31:12Z")
Tourist: What’s the fastest way to get to Dublin? Local: Are ye walking or driving? Tourist: I’m in a car! Driving, you twit! Local: That’d be the fastest way. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/33 "2020-10-06T19:17:32Z")
Animals on trampolines: [Bears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXa7ebgvgxo) [Buffalo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r78HHbNHN4U) [Cat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFt5Zz5Mwlo) [Dog](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hly0vuXPG-M) [Elk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFvhndUz5ck) [Foxes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8xJtH6UcQY) [Goat](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L198jPLg_5o) [Monkeys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbXNGVLjfPc) [Sheep](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwwIYdB_wic) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/34 "2020-10-07T13:39:13Z")
[Pebbles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piMKyc6n2qE) the cockatoo has a few things to get off her chest. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/35 "2020-10-07T21:17:31Z")
Here’s a parrot that squeaks like a squeezy toy when you squeeze him. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pZ1nAR86Vd8/maxresdefault.jpg "Kanji The Parrot makes squeak toy noise when squeezed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ1nAR86Vd8) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/36 "2020-10-07T23:18:48Z")
You just pressed it. > [@Bootb](#): > > I wish there was a “Like” button on this board. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/37 "2020-10-07T23:40:55Z")
Well hell, I see that one’s already been posted. I swear, youtube recommended it just a few days ago! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/38 "2020-10-08T04:28:41Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > [Pebbles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piMKyc6n2qE) the cockatoo has a few things to get off her chest. I laughed so hard I was crying. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/39 "2020-10-08T11:03:11Z")
My wife was carrying a pile of ironing upstairs when she tripped and dropped it. I just watched it all unfold, ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116/40 "2020-10-08T19:31:57Z")
I was playing disc golf with some buddies last weekend, both named Paul, and Paul #1 was attempting a putt, and it bounced off the top part of the basket just short of the chains. Paul #2 said “Rim job!” We chuckled. I said “That reminds me of a joke.” A girl calls up her mom and said “Guess what, mom? I’m getting married!” Mom says “That’s great honey! Who you getting married to?” “Nick Popadopholis. He’s Greek.” “Honey, take my advice. Don’t ever turn over for a Greek guy.” So, the girl gets married, and they have their honeymoon and make love. The Greek guy says “That was great honey. Now turn over.” The girl replies “No.” The Greek guy says “Why not?” “My mom told me never to turn over for a Greek guy.” “How we gonna make babies if you don’t turn over?” Paul #2 laughs, but Paul #1 looks at me like I killed his mother. I thought he liked sick jokes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-and-i-need-a-good-laugh/922116.md?page=3)