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  • As sure as Woody Allen could get a laugh making fun of his Jewishness, as sure as Richard Pryor could get a laugh with the n-word, he can get a big belly-laugh by referring to only thing about his audience that is remotely ethnic.

    Woebegone Mark Pritchard 2011

  • There's no deep observation of human nature here, but surely Shakespeare was entitled to the odd belly-laugh now and then (helped by Wilkins).

    Susan Boyle fastfwd 2009

  • Warren turned an even darker shade of red, which only made Michelle belly-laugh until he finally had to join her merriment.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

  • I go to UD quite often, sometimes just so I can have an excuse to throw things at my computer screen, or sometimes just to have a belly-laugh.

    If and only if Cornelius Hunter made sense, then... - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • For the real audience, the biggest belly-laugh came when Mr Sherr did a Bobby Ologun act – even after establishing very early in the story that he is pretty much fluent in Japanese, going as far as studying classical grammar – when talking to his to-be well, not-to-be as it turned out father-in-law he wanted to use the very basic phrase “kibun tenkan” but instead hammed around “kibun tenken … kanten … tenkan”.

    Starbucks – Japan’s highest-rated coffee chain 2010

  • Warren turned an even darker shade of red, which only made Michelle belly-laugh until he finally had to join her merriment.

    Betrayed Robert K. Tanenbaum 2010

  • And still less are you offered the release of a belly-laugh.

    Background has nothing to do with being funny 2009

  • GHOST TOWN is a world apart from this universe thankfully, in fact you would struggle to remember many belly-laugh moments, but the film conjures an enduring smile that barely drops throughout.

    Simon thinks this town is coming like a GHOST TOWN… | Obsessed With Film 2009

  • Moosebutter's award-winning song, "Psycho the Musical" Thanks, MaxedOut Puppetry, for the music video--directed by the lyricist, I might add, is one of my favorite and one of the most consistent belly-laugh getters in their repertoire.

    Why Susan Boyle makes me sad Becca 2009

  • The StarTrib comments are good for a belly-laugh though!

    Franken Camp: We're Feeling Good About The Recount 2009

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