The Oldest Recorded Joke Is About 4,000 Years Old

Charley Douglass built a machine of recorded laughs known as the laff box to add audience reaction to TV shows.

The character first appeared in 1914 and became one of the most recognized figures in film.

Ancient medicine believed that four bodily fluids, or humors, shaped a person's temperament.

The part of the work that dealt with comedy has been lost.