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Originally posted by dtb
This is the only possible reason I can come up with to explain the (otherwise extremely embarrassing for our country) success of the tv genre "America's Funniest ___________".
The funniest ones are where people have horrible mishaps that suggest that they have suffered serious bodily injury (come to think of it -- do they ever show anything else?).
There's one that I still get the giggles over just recalling the scene: one of those picnic tables where the benches are connected to the table. Yep -- you guessed it -- one too many people sitting on one side of the table, nobody on the opposite bench, and the inevitable flip-up of the table and all its contents (I'm sure a jello salad was among the delectables) while the people sitting on the bench fall on their backs.
HILARIOUS I tell you!
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I have a vivid memory of a fat cat sitting on a tv sleeping who just falls over for no particular reason. Why this was being filmed I have no idea.
But, my friend in college who was a psych major actually wrote a paper on why we laugh at other's falling over. I of course never read it bc I was doing bong hits and bangingb the ultimate team.
