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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Amy Torchinsky, Greensboro N.C.
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Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.
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Frank Letchworth, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Warren King, Minnetonka, Minn.
Bucks For Yuks
Laura Kreitler, San Francisco, Calif.
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Thomas Johnston, Riverside, Calif.
Grin & Buy It
Laura Cahners, Charlotte, Vt.
The Comedy Teller
Oliver Singer, New York City, N.Y.
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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.