Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Don't you know everyone wants to laugh? My dad said "Be and actor, my son, but be a comical one" They'll be standing in lines for those old honky-tonk monkeyshines You can study Shakspeare and be quite elite You could charm the critics and have nothing to eat Just slip on a banana peel, the world's at you feet Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Make-- Make 'em laugh Don't you know everyone wants to laugh? My grandpa said "Go out and tell them a joke, but give it plenty of hoke" Make 'em roar Make 'em scream Take a fall, butt a wall, split a seam You could start by pretending your a dancer with grace Then you wiggle 'till they're giggling all over the place Then you get a great big custard pie in the face Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Make 'em-- What?-- My Dad-- They'll be standing in lines for those old honky-tonk monkeyshines ------------- Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh Make 'em laugh!