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->''"Christmas means many things to many people. To some, Christmas means glittering lights, gaily wrapped gifts. That's right, sounds of laughter and good cheer. To the folks at Preparation H-- hahahahaha-- it means a time to pause for a few-- ''hahaha--'' a few moments to-- ''HAHAHA--'' to give thanks to their friends, who've been so... ''[collapses into helpless laughter]'' ...kind and generous!"''
-->-- '''Creator/GaryOwens''', caught off guard at realizing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0fxtJXJzTk the sponsor of the ad he was reading]] was a hemorrhoid cream

* [[Usefulnotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball Miami Hurricanes vs. Virginia Cavaliers]], November 2014. "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU6rJX-mChM Nothing says college like singing Journey while holding onto a goose]]." Cue the trope by announcers Joe Tessitore and Brock Huard.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': [[invoked]] An In Universe example occurs in “The Cameo” when Penny repeatedly breaks up laughing during a filming session, spoiling numerous takes.

A common type of HilariousOuttakes. On the other hand, can be subject to ThrowItIn — if the work is a comedy and the actors are able to recover in time for their next line, it can make for a [[EnforcedMethodActing natural]] aversion of ToughRoom. Opposite of TheStoic; see also NotSoStoic. When this happens InUniverse, it's a subtrope of TheShowMustGoWrong. Compare {{Angrish}}, when it's anger that prevents someone from speaking coherently.

Has nothing to do with [[ComicBook/{{Joker}} Joker's]] laughing gas that makes people laugh to death (although some overlap is surely imaginable).

* Amongst skippers on the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland, this is a game called "Drop the Mic": try to get someone to break so badly that they can't continue spieling and have to put down the microphone. Occasionally results in people falling into the river if you do it to someone on the dock who isn't paying enough attention.
* During the absolutely silent, very tense sequence where Ethan breaks into the vault at Langley in ''Film/MissionImpossible'', many a crowded cinema had one small noise of stifled laughter set off most of the audience.

* Creator/JRRTolkien and Creator/CSLewis, along with their group of friends, would occasionally all get together to host a friendly competition amongst themselves, where they would read aloud ''Irene Iddesleigh'' by Creator/AmandaMcKittrickRos and see who could get through it the longest without laughing. No easy feat, as ''Irene Iddesleigh'' is essentially the older literary counterpart to ''Film/TheRoom'', being a story about a DestructiveRomance featuring some of the most abundant, over-elaborate PurpleProse ever put to paper.

->''"Christmas means many things to many people. To some, Christmas means glittering lights, gaily wrapped gifts. That's right, sounds of laughter and good cheer. To the folks at Preparation H–- hahahahaha–- it means a time to pause for a few–- ''hahaha--'' a few moments to–- ''HAHAHA--'' to give thanks to their friends, who've been so... ''[collapses into helpless laughter]'' …kind and generous!"''

[[caption-width-right:350:Creator/StephenColbert valiantly tries to [[UnfortunateNames keep a straight face]].[[note]]Her son's name, "[[UnfortunateNames Suq Madiq]]," as well as her husband, "[[RuleOfThree Liqa Madiq]]", didn't help him keep his composure.[[/note]]]]

* The ''Anime/WeissKreuz'' HilariousOuttakes involve the dub actors cracking up midline at the show's [[{{Narm}} ridiculous plot points]]. Creator/RachaelLillis starts screaming with laughter after witnessing her character's boyfriend's [[DroppedABridgeOnHim sudden death when a car falls on him from a bridge above]], and continues giggling and mocking the incident the whole way through the eye-catch and into the next scene. She actually syncs up her giggling with the character's BigNO, as well.

* On ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'', while Alex normally plays the role of TheComicallySerious and StraightMan to the various comedians during their tasks, you ''definitely'' see him struggling to hide a big grin at times. Probably the most difficult time he ever had was when Liza Tarbuck forced him to drop his pants and sit on a cake. While he does a ''valiant'' job keeping a straight face describing how "it was so... ''in'' him", her reaction is enough to make him briefly break character and begin laughing as the camera cuts away.

It's rare to see extras corpsing in the background. The main cast can get away with corpsing without being fired, but if they ''do'' manage to get through a take without laughing, and then an extra ruins the scene by laughing in the background, that extra will probably be let go on the spot and blacklisted from future projects. The constant threat of being instantly fired does wonders to help one keep one's composure.

* In ''[[LightNovel/MyMentalChoicesAre My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy]]'', Creator/JojiNakata plays the LemonyNarrator and sometimes chuckles as he reads his absurd lines. [[ThrowItIn They roll with it]], as it reinforces how he mocks the ButtMonkey protagonist.

It's rare to see extras corpsing in the background. The main cast can get away with corpsing without being fired, but if they ''do'' manage to get through a take without laughing, and then an extra ruins the scene by laughing in the background, that extra will probably be let go on the spot and probably blacklisted from future projects. The constant threat of being instantly fired does wonders to help one keep one's composure.

It's rare to see extras corpsing in the background. The main cast can get away with corpsing without being fired, but if they ''do'' manage to get through a take without laughing, and then an extra ruins the scene by laughing in the background, that extra will probably be let go on the spot and probably blacklisted from future projects.

* While recording lines for ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Creator/RobinWilliams's antics caused Creator/ScottWeinger to have to excuse himself from the recording booth to laugh his balls off.

* Tsuruya plays what should be a walking corpse in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s budget-free alleged film, barely struggling not to laugh as she shambles at Mikuru.

* PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 4 of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/6306976/chapters/18868961 Umbrellas and Bracelets]]'', where Adrien plays along by [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretending to be dead from a tampon assault]]. Marinette has to hiss at him not to laugh.

* ''Podcast/CoxNCrendor'': The two hosts tend to crack up in certain moments. One notable example involves Jesse, who was sick at the time, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbiO9HAUaUg losing it at the mere mention of goat heads]].

* Occasionally happens on ''Series/SesameStreet'': in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPYaTx2v0w this bit]], you can clearly hear Creator/JimHenson laughing when Kermit tells Grover to pick up the piano.
* The blooper reel for ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' consists mostly of Creator/RickyGervais [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSqv2hYab80 laughing his ass off]]. He even gets mocked by Walter.

* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'': Yahtzee's usual DeadpanSnarker shtick falls apart in his review of ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'', where, as he puts it, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0m-doynMnc#t=251 there's a moral choice aspect where you answer questions based on your own substantial experience with relationships]]" [[NerdsAreVirgins and starts cracking up as he says it.]]

** Indiana University Police Academy also uses the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qymqjHY_9rg&ab_channel=VOANews rubber chicken test on their cadets]].

** Or, if you’re Israeli, you've probably seen some ''[[LowerClassLout arsim/frekhot]]'' laughing at your school’s memorial service for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism during the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Hazikaron Israeli Memorial Day]][[note]]Israel treats its Memorial Day as a much, much more solemn day, with depressing ceremonies and nothing on the television but sad films and programmes related to fallen soldiers.[[/note]] or for the Holocaust during the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_HaShoah Israeli Holocaust Memorial Day]]. School staff is often very unamused.

* You'll occasionally run across a news anchor who can't keep a straight face while delivering grim and gory news reports. Although in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc-CgzTkyF4 case of this news story]], it'd be hard for ''anyone'' not to laugh after seeing the crazy-eyed picture of the accused murderer. This one must have been particularly embarrassing for the anchor, who started giggling at his picture while describing how he dismembered his victim.

* Ceremonial guards such as the [[BritishRoyalGuards Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace]] are [[DefiedTrope trained and drilled rigorously]] to maintain [[TheStoic an absolutely stoic demeanor]] whatever is happening around them. That said, they're only human so it ''is'' sometimes just possible to get one of them to break up [[ActuallyPrettyFunny if you really make an effort]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoJqdPi4Iw as this guy discovered]].
* At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, Creator/TomHiddleston showed up in full costume and character as [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Loki]], lapping up the attention from his rather vocal fanbase without breaking character... Until a random guy in the crowd yelled: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48DRGDiKo2U&t=180s "My wife loves you!"]] Cue Tom trying desperately not to crack up laughing and instead just grinning like a maniac. Of course, being a maniacal grin, the end result is actually very in character. This guy (or someone imitating him anyway) came back at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxT1zH0xc-4 another panel]], shouting "My wife ''still'' loves you!" which resulted in the same thing as before.

* Politician Keith Hill suffered a corpsing fit in the House of Commons whenever he had to say the phrase [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb1rY71zZUk Short Sea Shipping]].

* On a live broadcast [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXKLz4UfRY Q13 News This Morning in Seattle]], anchor Kaci Aitchison demonstrated a drawing app and tried to draw a cannon. It wound up looking too much like... [[PhallicWeapon something else]]. [[HilarityEnsues Hysterics ensued]]. The presenters tried bravely to carry on, but they were helpless.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvBHOzcTQbY One news anchor cracked up while reporting a person arrested for assault]]. Why? They were arrested FOR FARTING! The news anchor completely loses it as her cohost has to cover for her and then saying that the news story was "unfair".

* Unquestionably the most famous case in UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} commentating history happened on an episode of ''Test Match Special'' when, while reviewing the day's play, the commentators were discussing Ian Botham's dismissal where he was given out Hit Wicket[[note]]accidentally knocking over his own stumps with his bat or body, in this case, his leg[[/note]] after overbalancing and unsuccessfully attempting to awkwardly hurdle the stumps instead. Commentator Johnathan Agnew quipped "He just didn't quite get his leg over,"[[note]]To "get one's leg over" is [[UnusualEuphemism British slang]] for "get laid" and Botham was known for his sexual exploits during his career[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsVTpX7LdZQ over the course of the next minute he and fellow commentator Brian Johnston slowly descended into hysterical giggles until they simply couldn't go on]]. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Agnew#%22Leg_over%22_incident According to]] [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] the incident caused a two-mile traffic jam due to drivers listening to the radio in their cars laughing too much to pay the toll at the Dartford Tunnel, and in 2005 BBC Radio 5 Live voted it the greatest sporting radio commentary of all time.

* [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=545450349534967 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen trying to explain to Parlament that the Government might have to buy a camel named Ali to keep Ramboline the Elephant happy]]. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* CBS 2's Marie Saaveda, after reporting on a man [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MA0kSWZHFU apparently terrified of the squirrel that had accidentally ended up in his hourse]], proceeded to be absolutely unable to compose herself in time for the weather report.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': An In Universe example occurs in “The Cameo” when Penny repeatedly breaks up laughing during a filming session, spoiling numerous takes.

** Another anchor is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMA3x-bc8iM utterly destroyed]] by a disabled pig's PunnyName that he practically begs someone else to read it.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

* [[Corpsing/{{Film}} Film -- Live-Action]]

* Unquestionably the most famous case in UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} commentating history happened on an episode of ''Test Match Special'' when, while reviewing the day's play, the commentators were discussing Ian Botham's dismissal where he was given out Hit Wicket[[note]]accidentally knocking over his own stumps with his bat or body, in this case, his leg[[/note]] after overbalancing and unsuccessfully attempting to awkwardly hurdle the stumps instead. Commentator Johnathan Agnew quipped "He just didn't quite get his leg over,"[[note]]To "get one's leg over" is [[UnusualEuphemism British slang]] for "get laid" and Botham was known for his sexual exploits during his career[[/note]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsVTpX7LdZQ over the course of the next minute he and fellow commentator Brian Johnston slowly descended into hysterical giggles until they simply couldn't go on]]. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Agnew#%22Leg_over%22_incident According to]] [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] the incident caused a two-mile traffic jam due to drivers listening to the radio in their cars laughing too much to pay the toll at the Dartford Tunnel, and in 2005 BBC Radio 5 Live voted it the greatest sporting radio commentary of all time.