{"id":2984,"date":"2012-02-17T20:26:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T20:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2012-02-17T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T20:27:32","slug":"70s-laughing-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/70s-laughing-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"70s Laughing Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anyone remember the 70s Laughing Bag. It was powered by a battery and would be the tool of the family joker. It was contageous as after a few seconds someone would also start laughing. Before you know it everyone in the room starts wetting themselves with laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it was known as The Laugh Box, other versions were\u00a0\u00a070s Laughing Bag, Laugh Bag.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_QHzUYRRoeQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/_QHzUYRRoeQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The Laugh Bag must of\u00a0been around probably since the late 60s. The laugh bag covered a skin pink plastic box that when you pressed the laugh button, it would of course start laughing at a loud pitch and volume. The sound it made, a person laughing uncontrollably, was infectious and all around would begin to laugh.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Normally you would sneak the\u00a0laughing\u00a0box into your inside coat pocket and then turn it on when the time was right.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the Just for Laughs toy, it was often owned by the same uncle who also would bring a whoopee cushion round the following week.\u00a0They sounded a little creepy though, especially when the batteries were on there last legs. Soon the draining laughter was anything but fun, it was manic, creepy and altogether insane.<\/p>\n<h2>70s Laughing Bag goes modern<\/h2>\n<p>Of course these toys have been easily\u00a0superseded\u00a0with the apps on phones today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2985\" title=\"laugh-bags\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags.jpg\" alt=\"70s Laughing Bag\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even on Amazon there is a\u00a0Novelty Laughing Gag Joke Bag or a Clown Toy that laughs, so even modern kids havent missed out on the 70s Laughing Bag<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/70s-laughing-bag\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"70s Laughing Bag\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/laugh-bags.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Anyone remember the 70s Laughing Bag. It was powered by a battery and would be the tool of the family joker. It was contageous as after a few seconds someone would also start laughing. 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