The Laugh Track Was Invented in the 1950s
Charley Douglass built a machine of recorded laughs known as the laff box to add audience reaction to TV shows.
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Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp Made Silent Comedy Global
The character first appeared in 1914 and became one of the most recognized figures in film.
The Word Humor Comes From the Latin for Fluid
Ancient medicine believed that four bodily fluids, or humors, shaped a person's temperament.
Aristotle Wrote About Comedy in His Poetics
The part of the work that dealt with comedy has been lost.
The Oldest Recorded Joke Is About 4,000 Years Old
A Sumerian proverb from around 1900 BCE is considered the earliest known joke.
El gag del "pollo de goma" tiene raíces en la comedia griega antigua
Si bien el pollo de goma moderno es un accesorio, las comedias teatrales griegas antiguas presentaban vejigas de animales infladas que se usaban para golpear y lograr un efecto cómico. Esta tradición de usar objetos absurdos y blandos para el humor físico tiene un linaje largo y disparatado.