Without laughter, playgrounds would be silent except for the creaking of old swing sets and the trickling of tears into belowground aquifers. Celebrate the sound of mirth with today’s deal to Comic Strip Live on the Upper East Side. Seating is general admission and Comic Strip Live requires a two-drink minimum ($20) not included with this deal. Choose between the following options:

• For $25, you get a comedy-show package for two (up to a $67.44 total value) that includes:
• Two general-admission tickets to a comedy show (up to a $54.44 value)

• Popcorn or nachos (a $13 value)<p>

• For $40, you get a comedy-show package for four (up to a $134.88 total value) that includes:
• Four general-admission tickets to a comedy show (up to a $108.88 value)
• Two orders of popcorn or nachos (a $26 value)<p>

Tickling funny bones since 1976, the Comic Strip Live’s cabaret-style club continues to churn out grins and guffaws with nightly lineups of new talent and comedic all-stars, such as Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Ellen DeGeneres. Audiences can squeeze into the 195-seat arena as humorists take the one-person stage as early as 8 p.m. and as late as 12:30 a.m., luring out laughter with sidesplitting jokes and savory one-liners placed in the club’s onstage bear trap. Grinning guests can rest their elbows on wooden tables as they delight in alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverages, which help to escort bites of nachos or popcorn past belly laughs attempting to make a quick exit. Once laughers have exhausted their last chuckle, they can make an exit while gazing upon the venue’s walls, which are spackled from floor to ceiling with framed headshots of hilarious people.