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Hawkee · 09-26-2019, 04:42 AM

If you liked game shows with fun and humor and the chance to laugh till you throat gets sore you probably enjoyed Make Me Laugh. Originally a game show from the 1970's Make Me Laugh was a fun game show that featured a panel of comedians which varied on each episode trying to make a contestant laugh through a series of jokes and various expressions and the contestant who got to laugh the most won the game. In 1997 Comedy Central revived Make Me Laugh this time with the late Ken Ober which featured the same gameplay with a few minor changes in this version. Also an interesting fact to know about Make Me Laugh is that one of the comedians who got their start was a nice fellow that may be familiar to everybody by the name of Howie Mandel before landing his breakthrough role on St. Elsewhere and now appears on America's Got Talent and Deal Or No Deal. Before Drew Carey hit it big with Whose Line Is It Anyway Make Me Laugh paved the way for a new breed of comedy game shows. It's a shame you don't see comedy game shows like Make Me Laugh anymore because they are fun to watch
Bestie

TeeVeeCloset · 09-26-2019, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by LaBestia

If you liked game shows with fun and humor and the chance to laugh till you throat gets sore you probably enjoyed Make Me Laugh. Originally a game show from the 1970's Make Me Laugh was a fun game show that featured a panel of comedians which varied on each episode trying to make a contestant laugh through a series of jokes and various expressions and the contestant who got to laugh the most won the game. In 1997 Comedy Central revived Make Me Laugh this time with the late Ken Ober which featured the same gameplay with a few minor changes in this version. Also an interesting fact to know about Make Me Laugh is that one of the comedians who got their start was a nice fellow that may be familiar to everybody by the name of Howie Mandel before landing his breakthrough role on St. Elsewhere and now appears on America's Got Talent and Deal Or No Deal. Before Drew Carey hit it big with Whose Line Is It Anyway Make Me Laugh paved the way for a new breed of comedy game shows. It's a shame you don't see comedy game shows like Make Me Laugh anymore because they are fun to watch

Bestie

I totally agree about the 70's Bobby Van hosted "Make Me Laugh", I was an original watcher and proudly have two episodes in my game show collection from USA Network where is last was rerun. Enjoyed your thread starter!

DadTheKing · 09-26-2019, 05:42 PM

Hi, Bestie! I never saw this game show. But it sounds good. Maybe they will bring it back. It would be fun to see comedians try to make people laugh. Who do you think would be a good host for the show?
DTK

70s show watcher · 09-27-2019, 08:40 PM

my family and i were big fans of make me laugh and watched it almost every night when it orginally aired its where we first saw bruce baum do babyman

09-26-2019, 04:42 AM	#1
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,831	Make Me Laugh If you liked game shows with fun and humor and the chance to laugh till you throat gets sore you probably enjoyed Make Me Laugh. Originally a game show from the 1970's Make Me Laugh was a fun game show that featured a panel of comedians which varied on each episode trying to make a contestant laugh through a series of jokes and various expressions and the contestant who got to laugh the most won the game. In 1997 Comedy Central revived Make Me Laugh this time with the late Ken Ober which featured the same gameplay with a few minor changes in this version. Also an interesting fact to know about Make Me Laugh is that one of the comedians who got their start was a nice fellow that may be familiar to everybody by the name of Howie Mandel before landing his breakthrough role on St. Elsewhere and now appears on America's Got Talent and Deal Or No Deal. Before Drew Carey hit it big with Whose Line Is It Anyway Make Me Laugh paved the way for a new breed of comedy game shows. It's a shame you don't see comedy game shows like Make Me Laugh anymore because they are fun to watch Bestie
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09-26-2019, 05:42 PM	#3
DadTheKing Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 21, 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,270	Hi, Bestie! I never saw this game show. But it sounds good. Maybe they will bring it back. It would be fun to see comedians try to make people laugh. Who do you think would be a good host for the show? DTK Attached Images

09-27-2019, 08:40 PM	#4
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	my family and i were big fans of make me laugh and watched it almost every night when it orginally aired its where we first saw bruce baum do babyman