The fact that the laughter works, it gets him from a painful, embarrassing, difficult situation, into a funny situation, into what we're  actually enjoying there, and I think that's  a really interesting use, and it's actually happening all the time.
til en sjov situation, til hvad vi alle  kan le med i, og jeg synes at det er en interessant funktion, og det sker hele tiden. F.eks. kan jeg huske noget lignende ske