Must Make Her Laugh: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
m clean up |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{trope}} |
{{trope}} |
||
[[File: |
[[File:Nevermore026 0005 9361.jpg|link=Teen Titans (animation)|frame|She thinks he's funny! No really, she does!]] |
||
{{quote|''Remember how I found you there, |
{{quote|''Remember how I found you there, |
||
| Line 94: | Line 94: | ||
== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
||
* Ancient China - One of the last emperors of Zhou had a concubine who didn't like to smile. He discovered, quite by accident, that [[Crying Wolf]] by sending fake [[Epic Hail |
* Ancient China - One of the last emperors of Zhou had a concubine who didn't like to smile. He discovered, quite by accident, that [[Crying Wolf]] by sending fake [[Epic Hail]]s so his troops would mobilize, caused her to laugh. So he kept doing it. Of course, by the time ''real'' barbarians decided to sweep in, the disgruntled troops told the emperor to go pound sand. Capital sacked, emperor killed, concubine carried off into captivity. |
||
* In 1907, a New York theater offered a "performance" by Sober Sue, a woman who allegedly never laughed. A cash prize was offered to anyone who could get her to do so; many of the city's best comedians made the attempt, but in vain. It's known that this was set up by her manager as a way to trick comedians into performing for free, and strongly suspected that Sue's facial muscles were paralyzed in a way that ''guaranteed'' she couldn't laugh or smile. |
* In 1907, a New York theater offered a "performance" by Sober Sue, a woman who allegedly never laughed. A cash prize was offered to anyone who could get her to do so; many of the city's best comedians made the attempt, but in vain. It's known that this was set up by her manager as a way to trick comedians into performing for free, and strongly suspected that Sue's facial muscles were paralyzed in a way that ''guaranteed'' she couldn't laugh or smile. |
||