Laughter 1

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=169 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="017a0ad1dyxtip.jpg"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="698" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 111 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00d69690.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Waxahachie Independant School District    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >               Waxahachie, Texas</FONT></div> <div> <B>Waxahachie High School Alumni 1962</B></div> <div> <B>WHS Seniors '62</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=268 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="01f9b9c3.jpg"> <div> <B>Laughter 1</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="laughter_2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Laughter 2">Laughter 2</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="laughter_3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Laughter 3">Laughter 3</A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="laughter_4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Laughter 4">Laughter 4</A></div> <div> <B><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="703" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 252 ><NOBR><div> <I><B> <TABLE BORDER="5" CELLPADDING="16" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="602" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00FF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 183 WIDTH="556"><div> <I><B>They Made Us Laugh</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Just as the Reader's Digest  states," Laughter IS the best medicine". We learned at an early age that laughter makes life bearable and has enabled many a student test their talents in the classroom, much to the chagrin of many a teacher. Like every age of man, we had our particular comedians that molded our humor and consequently our outlook on life. Radio and Television brought them to our homes and cars ......to be carried into the classroom. Let's take a look at some of those that influenced us most.... </B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Click on the photos to find out more about them.....</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></I></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 759 ><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="12" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="329" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 333 WIDTH="303"><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="210" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 205 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="brother_dave.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brother Dave"><B><IMG SRC="0adb4b40.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="brother_dave.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brother Dave"><B>"Brother" Dave Gardner</B></A></div> <div> <B>If you hadn't memorized at least one of his routines, you were totally out of it. Unfortunately, he negated everything we'd learned about proper grammar. Just me, "Baby",  and "Junior"...........</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 345 WIDTH="303"><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="300" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 217 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="three_stooges.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Three Stooges"><B><IMG SRC="0bb0bc40.png" border=0 width="267" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="three_stooges.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Three Stooges"><B>The Three Stooges</B></A></div> <div> <B>The Kings of slap stick... whether you preferred Larry, Curly, and Moe or Larry, Moe, and Shemp.. the results were the same: slaps, pokes, and weird sounds. Much of it is still with us today.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="12" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="327" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 312 WIDTH="301"><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="297" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 201 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="abbott_costello.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Abbott Costello"><B><IMG SRC="0af04ae0.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="abbott_costello.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Abbott Costello"><B>Bud Abbott and Lou Costello</B></A></div> <div> <B>Creators of the funniest comedy routine in recorded history..... If you didn't laugh at "Who's on First", you had to have been brain-dead.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 362 WIDTH="301"><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="291" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 234 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="jonathan_winters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jonathan Winters"><B><IMG SRC="0bff4c20.jpg" border=0 width="244" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="jonathan_winters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jonathan Winters"><B>Jonathan Winters</B></A></div> <div> <B>The master of miprovisation, he could take any item and do a 15 minute routine on it and have you laughing 'till you cried. A thousand characters, including our favorite.... 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