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He often said to me ' All I ever wanted to do was make people laugh'.
BBC: Comedian Norman Collier dies aged 87
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The Ig Nobel prize is given to achievements "that make people laugh, then make them think".
BBC: 7 questions on prizes
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The peacemaker was a 37-year-old woman with a head for numbers and an ability to make people laugh.
FORBES: Brewing Change
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This, Constance would learn, was her way she worked hard to make people laugh.
NEWYORKER: Shauntrelle
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If your swearing can make people laugh it's a subversion of the transgression.
BBC: Should swearing be against the law?
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For most of them, such as John Wells, an Oxford friend, the main aim was to puncture pomposity and make people laugh.
ECONOMIST: Obituary
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Let's try to make the best of it and make people laugh.
WSJ: To Colleagues: I'm Outta Here
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"There's some obvious social commentary in the video, but my No. 1 goal was to make people laugh, " Rosten said in an e-mail.
CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS
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Why do French comic films not travel well when those made in Britain or America whether by Woody Allen, John Cleese or the Monty Python team seem to make people laugh all over the world?
ECONOMIST: The French have jokes, but do they have a sense of humour?
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Although the academy has given nominations here and there to a few "laughter through the tears" comic dramas, the group has long shown a perplexing shyness when it comes to recognizing movies that, you know, make people laugh.
NPR: Make 'Em Laugh: Why No Oscar for Best Comedy?
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You need a creative bottle design, something that will be embarrassing enough to make all the people at TSA laugh when they make you hurl it in the trash at the airport.
WSJ: The Sweet Smells of Victory: Sports Fragrances That Should Be Invented
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The Muppet brand has carried on, now under the watchful eye of The Walt Disney Company, as a result of knowing what it represents to people and never wavering in its brilliant execution or veering from its purpose to make us laugh at ourselves through the idiosyncratic behavior of its denizens.
FORBES: SNL, The Muppets, And Sesame Street Know Purpose Is At The Heart Of Great Brands