Grown -ups, Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Wow in the World early and ad -free right now.
Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or Wondery Kids Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Hey, grown -ups, Mindy here.
And before we start the show, it's prime time!
Sorry, I meant prime day.
And you know what that means.
Wow in the World toys are 20 % off.
off. That's right, from July 8th through July 11th, you can get 20 % off select Wow in the World toys, like the Everlasting Volcano, or the ultimate high -flying air rocket that toots.
And while they may be 20 % off for Prime Days, our toys are 100 % full of wow, featuring exclusive audio from me and Guy Raz, plus collectible STEM tools to help your Wowsers keep tinkering after playing surprise the wowsers in your world with a wow in the world stem toy today or on their birthday or their unbirthday or a sunny day or a rainy day or maybe a windy day yeah yeah yeah okay they get it shop the wow now at tinkercast .com slash toys that's tinkercast .com slash toys that's it and now let's get back to the show Hey, grownups!
Looking for the family movie of the summer?
Smurfs in theaters July 18th is an adventure that will blow you away.
When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards, Smurfette, voiced by Rihanna, leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to rescue him.
With the help of some new friends, the Smurfs must work together and harness new magical powers to save not only Papa Smurf, but also the universe.
Smurfs features a star -studded cast, including Rihanna, John Goodman, Nick Nick Offerman, Amy Sedaris, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, and many more familiar voices.
Smurfs is filled with original new music from Tyla, DJ Khaled, Cardi B, and Rihanna, with her chart -topping hit from the movie Friend of Mine.
With a unique new animation style, all -star cast, and rocking soundtrack, Smurfs is the must -see family movie of the summer.
Don't miss Smurfs, only in theaters starting July 18th.
Hey, grownups, ever feel like everyone's glued to their own screen?
Want to actually feel good about your family's screen time?
Next Playground flips the script with games that get the whole family moving, laughing, and playing together.
It's a motion -powered game system.
No controllers or wearables, just your body and a little wiggle.
Explore wild adventures with How to Train Your Dragon, Dance with Barbie, Pop Bubbles in Gabby's Dollhouse, or kick it with Kung Fu Panda.
It's 100 % fun, 0 % ads or in -app nonsense.
Safe, silly screen time that you'll actually feel good about.
Even better, you can get 20 % off now for Prime Day, but only through July 19th.
So don't wait. Go get yours today.
Ready to play? Visit nexplayground .com.
That's N -E -X playground dot com to bring the fun home.
Hey, yeah, it's summertime, no homework, no school Yeah, it's the hottest season Me and Reggie are keeping it cool But Dennis is cooler than Reggie School's out, sun's out, time for fun Hanging with my friends and everyone No, I got it, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good Two, three, four Wee -Wow Summer.
Summer fun forever and ever.
Wee -Wow Summer. Chill and have a nice day and do cool stuff, yeah.
Wee -Wow Summer. I don't know what kind of stuff, but we'll figure it out.
Wee -Wow Summer, yeah.
Yeah! Hello and welcome to Wee Wow!
Summer Week! Summer fun forever and ever!
That's right, Reggie.
This is the week where we have all kinds of summer fun.
But we couldn't think of anything to do, so we're...
Man, my fishing line's all bungled.
Oh, hey! There's Thomas Fingerling.
Hey, Tommy! Howdy -ho there, feller!
Would you mind holding this here tackle box while I fix this winder?
Got a real bird's nest here.
Oh, boy! What's all this fishing stuff for?
For fishing. Oh, wow.
So, are you going fishing?
Well, of course I'm going fishing.
Neat. I was just putting my bait on the hook when my line got all tangled up here.
There we go. Okay, watch yourself there, pigeon.
Don't get hooked here.
Wow, yeah, that's a big hook.
Oh, yeah, you need a big hook for a big fish, Danny boy.
Oh, that makes sense.
Wait, is that a hook from a coat hanger?
Yep, just got to get a worm on here.
Oh, a worm? You going to touch a worm?
Well, I don't know how else to get him on there without touching him.
Come here, worm. Oh, you're using a gummy worm.
Oh, yeah, I got a real taste for gummy worms. Oh, you know, something me and fish got in common. Me, too.
I've also been told I smell like fish.
Oh yeah, kind of like sardines.
Tommy, stop. You're making me blush.
Alrighty, fishing time.
Wait, where are you gonna fish?
We're standing on your front lawn.
And? And don't you need like a lake or a river?
Well, yeah, I got a pond.
Oh, a pond. Come on.
Where's the pond? Right here.
This little kiddie pool with unicorns on it?
Yep. Rainbow Bay. Okay.
Careful. Carefully.
Don't scare away the Lunkers now.
You don't know how to fish, do you, Tommy?
Nope. Well, this was fun.
Summer fun forever and ever?
Not quite. Oh, well.
Okay, devoted listeners.
Tommy and I are going to keep fishing in this kiddie pool.
Rainbow Bay. Right.
Rainbow Bay. But in the meantime, we want to hear your summertime wows.
Oh yeah, that sounds good.
Like maybe a vacation you went on in the past. Or a summer experience you're having right now.
So, if you have a wow summer memory you'd like to share with us, call us at 1 -888 -7WOW.
That's 1 -888 -7WOW. You just may hear your summer of wow moment featured on Wow in the World this summer.
whoa i got something you do nope just snagged my pants oh good idea reggie let's listen to an episode of wow in the world oh which one well i was thinking that we could listen to this one it's wow in the world season Season 4, Episode 12, called Laughter in a Can.
Sounds delicious. All right, here we go.
And play. Wee Wow will be right back.
Grown -ups, this message is for you.
Hey, grown -ups. It may be summer, but learning doesn't have to stop.
Whether you're keeping up a light homeschool curriculum through the break, or just want to help your child catch up, stay sharp, or get a head start on school, IXL can help.
IXL is an award -winning online learning platform that fits perfectly into your homeschool routine, even during summer.
It offers interactive practice across math, language arts, science, and social studies, and adapts to your child's learning level to provide them with just the right challenge.
At Tinkercast, we love learning all year long, so we appreciate the flexibility of IXL to give homeschool families the ability to learn whenever is best for them.
Make an impact on your child's learning.
Get IXL now, and Wow in the World listeners can get an exclusive 20 % off IXL membership when they sign up today at IXL .com slash wow.
Visit IXL .com slash wow to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price.
Hey, grown -ups, if you're planning on taking a family trip to Orlando this summer to be transported to magical universes, well, you should know there's one portal you don't want to miss.
Your portal to the original universe, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where they have flying dragons, too.
It's about science, where no spells are required.
Walk beneath a towering Falcon 9 booster, touch a real moon rock, and come face -to -face with Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Plus, take a behind -the -gates bus tour for an exclusive look at NASA's legendary launch sites and the future of space exploration.
Visitors also have the chance to meet an astronaut.
Talk about a core memory in the making.
And get this, our friends at Kennedy Space Center have offered our listeners $7 off admission.
Just use code WOW at checkout.
With missions to Mars, rocket launches, and deep space exploration, No trip to Orlando is complete without landing at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Discover something real.
That's it. Now back to the show.
Oki doke. Let's see here.
I'm going to need some milk.
A lot of milk, eggs, some whale blubber, caviar, tart pops, parentheses, sardine flavored.
Oh, the door. Just a second.
Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk.
Good morning, Guy -Roz.
You are not Guy -Roz.
Hello, ma 'am. Can I ask you a question?
Sure. I love questions.
Do you ever find yourself wanting something more out of life?
Wanting something more out of life?
Yeah, sure. I just ran out of caviar.
Uh, what? Caviar. You know, fish eggs.
I like to dip them in milk and then sprinkle them on my spaghetti.
Oh. No. I was actually talking about maybe a sense of fulfillment, a feeling of accomplishment or happiness.
Uh... Then boy, do I have a range of products for you.
Ooh, wind chimes. Oh, no, those aren't wind chimes, ma 'am.
Those are elixirs designed specifically to make your life complete.
Ooh, hey, what's this one?
Careful. Laughter in a can?
That's one of our best sellers.
Simply open that canned laughter and you, too, can live your life like a TV show.
Like a TV show, huh?
That's right. It'll make you funnier than your wildest dreams. Oh, you mean the one I always have where the monkeys are driving go -karts?
What? My wildest dream.
Okay. You know, I have been meaning to get back into my comedy routine at the Banana Split Comedy Club.
They haven't let me back in since last time.
Hi, everyone. Um, why was the robot angry?
Processing. Huh? Punchline unknown.
Because the programmer kept pushing his buttons.
So, how much is it?
You're in luck, ma 'am.
That canned laughter is currently on sale for just $249 .99.
Oh, man! All I've got is, um, three buttons and a couple of old mints.
Oh, we also accept buttons.
Really? Yeah, buttons are really valuable.
Or wait, was it bitcoins?
No, it's buttons. I'm pretty sure it's buttons.
All right, well, here you go.
Oh, sorry. They're a little bit sticky.
Oh, I see. Well, here's my card in case you need anything else.
Thank you. Ooh, laminated.
And on behalf of Essential Potential, I'd like to thank you for your purchase.
Okay, bye. We hope that your life is...
All right, now, what does this can say here?
Warning. Do not use this product if you are prone to giggle fits, obnoxious laughter, or laugh snorting, yada, yada, yada.
Side effects may include a perceived funnier personality, blah, blah, blah.
Beware. Once opened, this product is irreversible and the effects of such will not be retractable until the entire can has run out.
Oh my gosh, this is so boring.
All right, here goes nothing.
Three, two, oney, make me funny!
Wow in the World is recorded in front of a live studio audience.
Ugh, what happened?
Where in the wow are those voices coming from?
Hello? Woohoo! Wait a minute.
That's one of our best sellers.
Simply open that can of laughter and you too can live your life like a TV show.
Oh boy. Mindy, Mindy, let me in.
Something strange is happening.
Guy Razzie! Mindy, what in the wow is going on?
Where are those voices coming from?
Well... Look, I don't know where they're coming from, but I do know where they came from.
What? It's canned laughter.
Canned laughter? Yeah, is there an echo in here?
Mindy, what in the wow is canned laughter?
Well, look. Check it out for yourself.
I saved the can. Canned laughter?
Uh -huh. Beware. Once opened, this product is irreversible.
Uh -huh. And the effects of such will not be retractable until the entire can has run out.
Mindy! Whoopsie! It's not my fault.
The salesperson told me it would make me funnier beyond my wildest dreams, Guy Raz!
And why would having a bunch of strangers laugh in the background of your jokes make you funnier?
Well, I do remember reading this scientific study a while ago that showed that laugh tracks on TV shows actually tricked your brain into thinking that certain jokes were funnier than they actually were.
And you thought that adding a laugh track to your real life would make you funnier, too?
Uh, maybe? Uh -huh. So how exactly did this study show that laugh tracks make jokes funnier?
Well, I could tell you.
But I'd rather show you.
Oh, boy. What did you have in mind?
Hi Roz, you and I are heading back to the Banana Split to put this comical experiment to the test and to make my triumphant return to the stage of comedy.
Mindy, you do remember what happened last time, don't you?
The robots? No, the other time.
The monkeys? No, the other, other time.
Oh, that time. Can you promise we're not going to have another incident?
Yes, of course I can't promise you that we won't have another incident, Guy Razzi.
As usual, I've got everything out of control.
Come on, let's go. Let me just get us a ride to the comedy club.
Excuse me for a second.
Dialing, dialing, dialing, dialing, dialing.
Jello. Jello? Yeah, good.
Uh -huh. Okay, great.
See you soon. Our ride will be here any second now.
Great. So tell me, Mindy, how is this thing going to work exactly?
How is what going to work exactly?
The experiment! Oh, right.
Well, um, the study, which was performed by the University College London, London started off by collecting 40 jokes from dads across the world.
Dads? Yeah, a male parent, one's father.
What? I don't know how else to define dad.
Dad jokes? Yeah, dad jokes.
You know, those super corny jokes that dads are famous for.
Well, what's an example?
Okay, here's one of the actual jokes that the researchers used in the study.
You're going to want to hold on to your funny bone for this.
What American state has the smallest drinks?
What American state has the smallest drinks?
I don't know. Minnesota.
Huh? Oh, man. That was so bad.
Want to hear another one?
No, I'm good. Okay, okay, okay.
What does a dinosaur use to pay the bills?
I don't know, Mindy.
What does a dinosaur use to pay the bills?
Tyrannosaurus checks!
Okay, Mindy, point made.
These jokes are cornier than a corn souffle on Fourth of July.
Wait, you eat corn souffle on the Fourth of July?
Yeah, a family tradition.
Ugh. So what did they do after they got this collection of perfectly corny jokes together?
Well, they got a group of participants, or people, to rate the jokes on a scale of one to seven.
One being not funny at all, and seven being pretty much so funny that you'd wet your pants.
And then what did they do?
Then they got interrupted by a doorbell.
That must be our ride.
I'll tell you the rest later.
I'm coming! I'm coming!
Reggie! Oh, Reggie.
Okay, you ready to take off?
Nice. How is that funny?
Am I the only one that doesn't understand what this bird is saying?
Alrighty, Guy Raz. Reg's got the motor pickle idling in the driveway.
We've got our jokes locked and loaded baked potato.
And I've got my can of lax.
Let's get this experiment underway.
I'm right behind you, Mindy.
We'll be right back after these messages.
Come to the Spit -Tick Restaurant.
This month, orange rinds only $3 .99.
Coffee grounds at $2 .99.
and prepare your bitter buds for our all -new ginger and dandelion summer salad.
Just $5 .99. Only for a limited time at the Spit Take Restaurant where we'll have you saying, Ugh, is this food even?
And now back to everyone's favorite group of misfits.
It's Wow in the World.
Man, that took forever.
Yeah, well, we would have gotten here a lot quicker Quicker if you hadn't stopped for that roadside hot dog, Mindy.
What was I supposed to do?
It looked lost. Okay, so what's the plan now?
Well, according to the scientific study I was telling you about, after those researchers had collected those 40 corny dad jokes, Yeah?
they got a professional comedian to record themselves delivering each joke and then took those recordings and made different versions of each one.
Okay? The first version had no laugh track whatsoever.
Got it. The second version had canned laughter on it.
You know, the random laughter that had been recorded beforehand and then slapped over the top of a joke later on?
Okay. And the last version had a laugh track of people actually reacting to the joke in real time.
Like a live studio audience?
Exactoritos. and so what happened next well the researchers then laid these three versions to the participants and asked them to rate each one on a scale of one to seven one being not funny at all seven meaning it made them laugh so hard they peed their pants basically and what did they find mindy well i think we're about to find out okay okay how's everybody doing tonight tough crowd alright well we've got a great show for you tonight some of the best comics in town out here in the building it's a great lineup and to get us started making a triumphant return to the banana split please welcome
to the stage oh boy Mindy Uh, hello Banana Split How's everybody doing today?
Uh, fine Yikes, okay, uh, tough crowd Let's hope this works Okay, stop me if you've heard this one before What state has the smallest drinks?
Uh, I don't know Minnesota!
Huh? That's actually pretty funny.
All right. All right.
Uh, what does a dinosaur use to pay the bills?
What? Tyrannosaurus Chex!
Oh, Tyrannosaurus Chex!
It's working! This crowd is loving it.
All right, one more.
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
What? A carrot! Thank you, Banana Splits!
I'm back, baby! Drop the mic.
Oh, sorry, do I have to pay for that?
Hey, not this time.
Everyone gets one mic drop exit, am I right?
Wow! Okay, I was not expecting that to go so well.
That was Mindy, everybody.
Coming up next on the stage, we've got Georgie...
That was incredible.
You crushed it up there.
Yeah, I guess this canned laughter thing really works.
So did those researchers from London have similar results with their study?
Yeah, they found that when they asked people afterwards to rate the jokes again on a scale of 1 to 7, the recordings that had the added laugh track, either natural or canned, scored much higher than the recordings that didn't have any laughter at all.
That's so cool. Hey, Mindy.
Hey, Woody. Great set tonight.
I don't know where that came from, but how's about you come back tomorrow night and do the headlining spot?
I mean, as long as you got more bits, those ones tonight were killers.
Oh, boy, do I. Okay, try this one on for size.
What do you call a man with a shovel on his head?
I don't know, Mindy.
What? Dog! Um, I said dug.
Uh, yeah, I heard ya.
Like, I dug a hole with a shovel?
No, I get it. It's just, uh, it's not funny.
Wait a minute, Mindy.
Do you hear that? Hear what?
I don't hear anything.
Exactly. The canned laughter.
It stopped. Aw, bonger balls.
I guess we must have used up the whole can.
in. Wait, a minute.
Did you just say you were up there using performance enhancing laughter?
Uh, no. Mindy, there is no place for canned laughter here at the Banana Split.
Oh, no. No, no, please no, Mr. Manager.
I need to be on that stage.
I was born to perform.
I'm sorry, but we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to artificially enhanced jokes and now I'm going to have to ask you and your friends to make like Make like a tree and get out of here.
Uh, don't you mean make like a tree and leaf?
Who owns the comedy club here, Mr. Wiseguy?
Uh, you do. That's right.
Now, please, make like a get out of here.
Hey, I don't want none of your sassy beak, Mr. Huge Pigeon.
Now out, all of you.
is. Well, easy come, easy go, Mindy.
Yeah. Hey, cheer up, Mindy.
It's not the end of the world.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Hey, wait a minute.
I know what I'll do.
What? I'll call up that salesperson again.
She gave me her card. It's right here in my pocket.
See? Ooh, laminated.
hated. So what now, Mindy?
You're just going to buy some more canned laughter?
Don't be redonkulous, Guy Raz.
I don't want to go through all that again.
Good. I think she was also selling some spray on happiness.
Mindy. Or maybe it was some lavender oil that was supposed to boost my I cheer a tone in production.
Grr! Grownups, if you like Wow in the World, you can listen early and ad -free right now on Wondery Plus.
Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Wondery Kids Plus on Apple Podcasts.
Prime members can listen ad -free on Amazon Music.
And before you go, tell us about yourself by filling out a short survey at wondery .com slash survey.
Hey, everyone. Thank you so much for hanging out with us this week on Wow in the World.
And to keep the wow rolling, check out this week's scientific conversation starters at our website, wowintheworld .com.
And grownups, there you can find more info on how your kids can become members of the World Organization of Wowzers, shop our wow shop, Our show is produced by Jed Anderson Who provides the bells, whistles, and silly characters Say hello Jed Hello Our show is written by me, Guy Raz, and Thomas Van Kelken Who also provides silly characters Tom?
Hello there Thanks also to Jessica Bodie, Anna Zagorski, Rebecca Caban, Kit Ballinger, and Alex Curley Meredith Halpern -Ranzer powers the WOW at Tinkercast. Our theme song was composed and performed by The Pop -Ups.
For more on their three -time Grammy -nominated All Ages music, find them at thepopups .com.
And grown -ups, you can follow WOW in the World on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at WowInTheWorld.
And our email address is hello at wowintheworld .com.
And if you're a kid with a big wow to share with us, call us at 1 -888 -7WOWOW for a chance to be featured at the end of the show.
Also, if you haven't already done so, please subscribe to Wow In The World on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Yeah, leave us a few stars, a review, or just tell a friend about the show.
Thanks again for listening, and until next time, keep on wowing.
Jinks. Wow in the World was made by Tinkercast and sent to you by Wondery.
