
Paul Wells (1998) leaves out just one overlooked source of laughing in animated films in his otherwise brilliant chapter on “25 Ways to Start Laughing”. Namely that of a cartoon character laughing. Felix the Cat silently chortles his “Ha! Ha!”…

Paul Wells (1998) leaves out just one overlooked source of laughing in animated films in his otherwise brilliant chapter on “25 Ways to Start Laughing”. Namely that of a cartoon character laughing. Felix the Cat silently chortles his “Ha! Ha!”…

Felix the Cat silently chortled his “Ha Ha!” Mickey Mouse laughs (figure 1). Bugs Bunny snickers. Snoopy guffaws. In A Bug’s Life (1998, by John Lasseter), numerous insects laugh at their own jokes: “there’s a waiter in my soup.” When…