The fact that the laughter works, it gets him from a painful, embarrassing, difficult situation, into a funny situation, into what we're  actually enjoying there, and I think that's  a really interesting use, and it's actually happening all the time.
mulatságossá, élvezhetővé válik. Érdekes alkalmazása ez a nevetésnek, s mindig alkalmazzuk is. Pl. emlékszem egy hasonló esetre.