America's First International Laughing Championship Set for California March 12

March 8, 2011 - PRLog -- The first ever American competitive laughter contest will be taking place March 12 in San Luis Obispo.

“The California Ultimate Laughing Championship will feature some of the best laughers in California squaring off in a series of new hilarious and surreal laughter competitions.  The winner will be crowned Best Laugher in California 2011. 


Among the contests:

Best Diabolical LaughDiabolical

Most Contagious Laugh

The Laughter Duel, a contagious laughter face off, among others.

NEW CRAZE

Laughing contests are a new craze taking off worldwide due to the rise of Laughter Yoga and other laughter-based exercise trends.The Ultimate Laughing Championship is the brainchild of Laughologist  Albert Nerenberg who noticed that combatants in the actual Ultimate Fighting Championships often crack up during aggressive pre-fight stare downs.

“What if took that idea further?” said Nerenberg.  “And let people compete in positive endeavours rather than just trying to punch each other’s lights out.”


“I’m a Laugher Not  A Fighter.”


In Ultimate Laughing competitions, the winners tend to be people to bring the most joy and fun and contagious laughter to an audience. A 54 year old house wife recently won the Tokyo International Laughter Competition beating out over two dozen competitors. 


Nerenberg is the director of Laughology, a breakthrough documentary on the nature of laughter, which plays SLOIFF immediately following the contest. 
The film features Doug Collins, the man who is reputed to the "most contagious laugh in the world."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhD5-BvvEqs


The National Post called Laughology “screamingly funny” stating “laughter has never been so thoroughly explored in film” while Leonard Maltin called the film ‘a gem.”

The California Ultimate Laughing Championship will be taking place at the Historic Fremont CInema.

To enter the contest contact: hey@laughology.info INFO: 450-242-2927

http://laughology.info/Laughology/Ultimate_Laughing_Champ...


Coverage of the Montreal Laughter Championship:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpG-nTWZdPk

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Laughing contests are a new craze taking off worldwide due to the rise of Laughter Yoga and other laughter-based exercise trends.The Ultimate Laughing Championship is the brainchild of Laughologist Albert Nerenberg who noticed that combatants in the actual Ultimate Fighting Championships often crack up during aggressive pre-fight stare downs.

“What if took that idea further?” said Nerenberg. “And let people compete in positive endeavours rather than just trying to punch each other’s lights out.”


“I’m a Laugher Not A Fighter.”