The Week contest - Costly chuckles
What would you call a comedy club that charged by the laugh?

Last week’s contest: A comedy club in Barcelona has started using facial-recognition equipment to monitor customers so it can charge them by the laugh. If a sister club with the same pricing system opened in the U.S., what would it be called?
Results:
THE WINNER: Ha la Carte
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Darren Pollock, Pasadena, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: Cents-of-humor
Chase Cawthorne, Destin, Fla.
THIRD PLACE: Jokes On You
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Neil Mann, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Comic Dime-ing
Amy Torchinsky, Greensboro N.C.
Tally-Ho-Ho
Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.
Comic Scrip
Frank Letchworth, Knoxville, Tenn.
Snicker Ticker
Warren King, Minnetonka, Minn.
Bucks For Yuks
Laura Kreitler, San Francisco, Calif.
Impoverization
Thomas Johnston, Riverside, Calif.
Grin & Buy It
Laura Cahners, Charlotte, Vt.
The Comedy Teller
Oliver Singer, New York City, N.Y.
The Titter Tollhouse
Charles Huber, Gettysburg, Pa.
A Nickle A Tickle
David Dolan, Kagel Canyon, Calif.
Laughing My Assets Off
Kelly McConville, Swarthmore, Pa.
Pay As You Guffaw
Michael Berry, Westford, Mass.
Payup Standup
Brian Duyst, Carlsbad, Calif.
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