{"id":251,"date":"2006-03-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/get-your-giggle-on.html"},"modified":"2006-03-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-20T12:00:00","slug":"get-your-giggle-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/get-your-giggle-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Giggle On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/laughstore\/bobhope.html\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/blogs\/bobhope_060320.jpg\" align=\"left\" style=\"margin-right:5px;margin-top:3px;border:1px solid #000\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Do you need a good laugh? In response to my blog item about drugs and kids getting high, a reader named Robert reminds us that laughter triggers healthy, euphoria-inducing chemicals in the body. &#8220;Laughter is, in my opinion, the best high there is,\u201d he writes. \u201cWe need another <a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/laughstore\/demajeledema.html\" target=\"_new\">Dean Martin<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/laughstore\/bobhope.html\" target=\"_new\">Bob Hope<\/a> to get the ball rolling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My best suggestion is to glance through the vast offerings at <a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/laughstore\/\" target=\"_new\">Laugh.com<\/a>, a website launched by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/frame_offsite.asp?pageLoc=http:\/\/www.laugh.com\/\" target=\"_new\">comic George Carlin<\/a> who has preserved many vintage comedy albums that might otherwise have been lost. I&#8217;m confident that Robert will find everything he needs here, and more. The Chattering family has recently been listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/store.yahoo.com\/laughstore\/bicotorumybr.html\" target=\"_new\">Bill Cosby&#8217;s great old routines<\/a> about childhood. Comedy albums from all eras are also <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/149\/story_14913_1.html\" target=\"_new\">ideal gifts for anyone recovering from an illness or surgery<\/a> or doing a stint in a hospital.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you need a good laugh? In response to my blog item about drugs and kids getting high, a reader named Robert reminds us that laughter triggers healthy, euphoria-inducing chemicals in the body. &#8220;Laughter is, in my opinion, the best high there is,\u201d he writes. \u201cWe need another Dean Martin or Bob Hope to get&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get Your Giggle On - Chattering Mind<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/get-your-giggle-on.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Get Your Giggle On - Chattering Mind\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you need a good laugh? 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