Funny Boned

Way to Die #302

Funny Boned

Name of the death is a pun on "funny bone"

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"Finally, Chuck's overworked heart seized up. In the end, Chuck got the last laugh, and it killed him."

Information

Date

January 19, 1997

Location

Lindsey's Pub
Mesa, Arizona

Episode this death was featured in

I See Dead People (And They're Cracking Me Up)

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Plot[]

Chuck was an easy amuser of jokes told to him. One day, while at a bar, his friend told a joke so funny that Chuck couldn't stop laughing over it. Even after leaving the bar later that night, and coming back the next morning, he still couldn't stop laughing. He laughed for thirty-six hours straight, so hard that his heart couldn't take the strain and gave out. He literally died of laughter, Then sends him to Heaven with laughter.

"In the end, Chuck got the last laugh, and it killed him."

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Cast and Interviewees[]

Benjamin Dunn - Chuck (Lead: Intended victim)
Michael Welch - Joke Teller
Dr. S. Thomas Carmichael - Himself (Neurosurgeon)

Trivia[]

On March 24, 1975, Alex Mitchell lost his life after he laughed for 25 straight minutes after watching an episode of The Goodies entitled “Kung Fu Kapers.” His widow later thanked the program for providing her husband with such a delightful death experience. News article by BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-18542377
Greek Philosopher Chrysippus of Soli was said to have died of laughter in 206 B.C at the age of 73, when he was drinking wine and watching a donkey eating figs and said "Now give the donkey a drink of pure wine to wash down the figs" and then started laughing so hard that he fell onto the ground and started shaking uncontrollably while foaming at the mouth. Ironic, as it was said that Chrysippus was normally a very stoic man.
On May 31, 1410, the Spanish King, Martin the Humane, lost his life after laughing in the monastery of Valldonzella, outside the city walls of Barcelona, Spain.
In the 4th century BCE, Greek artist, Zeuxis, lost his life after laughing at a picture of an old woman he had just painted.
On October 21, 1556, Pietro Aretino died from suffocation after laughing too much, which caused him to have a stroke or a heart attack.
The Scottish aristocrat, Thomas Uquhart, was also believed to have died from laughing in 1660 when he heard Charles II had taken the throne.
This death is slightly similar to Die Laughing, but the death causes are different. In Die Laughing, however, Jimmy died by suffocation, and in this case Chuck died by a heart attack. In addition, there is another possible way to die from laughing. Laughing can cause a brain aneurysm rupture, if one were to have an aneurysm.
Michael G. Welch, who portrayed the Joke Teller, also played as Dutch in Bats All Folks.

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