Singin' in the Rain Make 'em Laugh video song

sung and danced by Donald O'Connor, music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed

Make 'em Laugh lyrics

of song
Though the world is so full of a number things,
I know we should all be as happy as
But are we? No, definitely no, positively no.
Decidedly no. Short people have long faces and
Long people have short faces.
Big people have little humor
And little people have no humor at all!
And in the words of that immortal buddy
Samuel J. Snodgrass, as he was about to be lead
To the guillotine:

Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?
My dad said "Be an actor, my son
But be a comical one
They'll be standing in lines
For those old honky tonk monkeyshines"

Now you could study Shakespeare and be quite elite
And you can charm the critics and have nothin' to eat
Just slip on a banana peel
The world's at your feet
Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh

Make 'em... / Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh
My grandpa said go out and tell 'em a joke
But give it plenty of hoke

Make 'em roar / Make 'em scream
Take a fall / But a wall / Split a seam

You start off by pretending
You're a dancer with grace
You wiggle 'till they're
Giggling all over the place
And then you get a great big custard pie in the face
Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh

Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh
Don't you know... all the...wants..?
My dad... / They'll be standing in lines
For those old honky tonk monkeyshines

Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?

Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Make 'em laugh, ah ah!
Make 'em laugh, ah ah!
Make 'em laugh, ah ah!

Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh / Make 'em laugh!

Make 'em Laugh video song reviews from users:

Donald Brown
For the "Make Em Laugh" number, Gene Kelly asked Donald O'Connor to revive a trick he had done as a young dancer, running up a wall and completing a somersault. The number was so physically taxing that O'Connor, who smoked four packs of cigarettes a day at the time, went to bed (or may have been hospitalized, depending on the source) for a week after its completion, suffering from exhaustion and painful carpet burns. Unfortunately, an accident ruined all of the initial footage, so after a brief rest, O'Connor, ever the professional, agreed to do the difficult number all over again.

Debbie Selden
After finishing filming the "Make 'em Laugh' dance sequence, Donald O'Connor found the effort so taxing that he went to bed for three days.

Cyd Moreno
Donen and Kelly often play up the artificiality of the sets and effects to emphasize artistry and technology. This is clearly shown in the "Make 'Em Laugh" sequence (and surrounding events) and the extended "Broadway Rhythm Ballet" sequence with Cyd Charisse. Showing off this artistry and technology also occurs very subtly, as with the rain in the "Singing in the Rain" sequence.

Rita Charisse
Singin' in the Rain (1952) was voted the 10th Greatest Film of all time by Entertainment Weekly, being the highest ranked musical. Gene Kelly's genius has never been more apparent than in this movie, but, as always he never steals the show, in fact here practically having the show stolen from him by Donald O'Connor's gravity defying 'Make 'Em Laugh' and Jean Hagen's unforgettable Lina Lamont.