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Late night hosts frequently employ a laughing sidekick
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Because trusting the actual studio audience to laugh at the jokes is far too risky, a secondary person is paid explicitly to chuckle loudly into a hot microphone. This dedicated hypeman usually sits completely isolated behind a keyboard, existing only to provide a manufactured safety net of giggles. It brutally exposes the intense insecurity behind delivering written punchlines.
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