He wrote that while it was a solid episode it lacks any of the belly laughs the show frequently elicits.
But this episode filled my living room with belly laughs from start to finish.
Inside the machine was a wide array of recorded chuckles, yocks and belly laughs; exactly 320 laughs on 32 tape loops, 10 to a loop.
The conjunction of belly laugh and basal emotion puts this on a par with the best in the series.
It's either a belly laugh or it's no go and no show.
In those days, the most familiar sound in staff rooms and on training courses was the belly laugh.
Woollcott answered with a belly laugh.
Watson was less impressed with the humour, saying the episode offered more of a knowing chuckle than an outright belly laugh.