CONTAGIOUS LAUGHMAN APPEARS IN “HILARIOUS” CONTAGIOUS LAUGHTER FILM
The man who is said to have the most contagious laugh in the world is coming to NC Comedy Arts to attend the premiere of Laughology which closes the festival . Doug Collins of Memphis Tennessee, is reputed to have the most infectious laugh in the world and was the subject of scientific investigations in the film and a test by MTV. The Laughman, a popular IPhone App, uses samples of Collin’s remarkable laugh.
MTV tests Man With Most Contagious Laugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MhI5b-wNuc
Collins is available for interviews.
Contact: 450-242-2927 or hey@laughology.info
Collins, a school bus driver in Tennessee, became famous when he appeared as an audience volunteer at a local comedy show in Pigeon Forge Tennessee. An on-stage microphone caught Collin’s nervous laugh and it brought the show to a standstill. The audience and Collins laughed for over 10 minutes straight. A Youtube video of the event, would get over 20 million views and American media would dub Collins the man with the most contagious laugh in the world.
While in Toronto for the Premiere of Laughology at Hotdocs, Collins was tested by media there. Generally Collins made people laugh wherever he went.
Laughology
In Laughology Collins is brought to London and tested by a team of British Neuroscientists to see if there is something different about his brain. Laughology, directed by Albert Nerenberg, is the first ever feature documentary about laughter. The film makes the case that human beings could laugh far more.
“The screenings of Laughology had some of the loudest collective laughs I had ever heard in a movie theatre,” wrote film reviewer Gabor Pertic in AnE Vibe. “By the end, the crowd was in hysterics.”
Montreal Hour Magazine said Laughology is “undeniably fascinating” and “a tour de force.”
According to Lia Granger in the National Post “laughter has never been so thoroughly explored in a film as it is here.”
The CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) called the film “revolutionary, highly recommended and “a completely new way of looking at laughter.”
Laughology, directed by Albert Nerenberg, is a hilarious groundbreaking look at why laughter is contagious and the birth of the international laughter movement. The feature documentary, produced for CTV. Nerenberg works as a Laughologist for the CBC Radio Noon and The Montreal Gazette.
LAUGHOLOGY at NC COMEDY ARTS
7:15 pm @ Varsity Theatre
123 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC
For more information contact: 450-242-2927
A Montreal Gazette feature about Collins’ story is available here.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/story_print.html?id=1562612&sponsor
The Origins of the Laughman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhD5-BvvEqs&feature=related
The Laughman - Collins Iphone App
http://www.thelaughman.com/
Collins Laugh was tested by MTV video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MhI5b-wNuc
LAUGHOLOGY IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF ELEVATOR FILMS AND CACHE FILM AND TELEVISION FOR CTV AND CANAL D.
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