Laugh, Damn you!!!

Yesterday I attended a recording session for a radio commercial I wrote. It went pretty smoothly, since the talents were good and the provided music fit perfectly. However, there was a slight bump in the road since we had a part which required a little kid to laugh. Try as our young talent did, it seemed simply beyond him to act a sincere, natural-sounding giggle.
Me: "Think of something funny!"
Kid: "Don't know anything funny."
Me: "What a sad child."
We tried tickling him and telling him to try and stifle it so it would seem natural. All we got was a stiff 'Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha." that reminded me of Haley Joe Osment from A.I. I tried doing a stand-up comedian routine.
"Laugh, or I'll take off my shirt." I said.
Laughter all around. Except from the kid. Argh.
Anyway, after a while we decided to just use a laugh already recorded by my producer for another thing. It melded perfectly, so all was good. Apparently, little girls are easier to use for things like this. Oh well.
Anyway, despite some overtime, I was able to make it to Comic Quest for the weekly bloodletting. I got the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine and Thundercats Return #1. Later, me, Gig and Mike had a nice dinner at The Strip near Pearl Plaza. While Gig had her bacon burger from Hotshots, I had Mongolian Barbecue rice and some Chicken Poppers. Mike had mini-pizzas. We stayed there for a while in the open-air parking lot/foodcenter, talking about stuff from PC RPGs to Hinirang. After a while we called it a night, and headed home.
Lots to do. Gotta catch up. Gotta catch up.