If laughter makes us healthier, should we watch more sitcoms

[caty]

and less news and reality shows?

http://www.sensiblesoftware.com/articles/a/10-Easy-Ways-to-Feel-Happier-Be-Healthier-and-Live-Longer.html

[Cha]

1. Only if they were funny.

I get more "laughter" out of the Jon Stewart Show than any sitcom.

[ClassWarrior]

5. You beat me to that answer.

The question assumes that sitcoms are actually funny.

Does not compute by me.

Police Squad, maybe.

NGU.

[Deja Q]

2. Or hang around people with senses of humor. TV sets need to be blown up.

Not people for oil.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

3. I find Faux News

to be a much more consistant source of comedy than sitcoms. Nothing tops The Daily Show for consistant laughs though.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. I don't watch news anymore except for sports/weather

it's too depressing. I get my news from the Daily Show. :-)

I generally watch HGTV, cooking shows on PBS and FoodTV, sitcoms like Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, and sports. I am much happier as a result.

[jobycom]

6. Sitcoms make you laugh? Lucky you!

I quit watching news. It just makes me ill. Not the news itself, but the way it's presented. It's more contrived and melodramatic, and less relevant, than any sitcom.

[SOteric]

7. The fundamental flaw in that question

is that it presumes that sitcoms on broadcast television can actually make us laugh.

:shrug:

[Cha]

8. It's not exactly ..

"I Love Lucy" anymore.:D