Our conversation at one point welcomed laughter, which made me hopeful that he wouldn't drown in the emotional swelling that often comes with being HIV positive.
In earlier years, when he was still fuelled by unimaginable levels of alcohol (mostly champagne, but after a certain point all comers were welcome), the laughter didn't always materialise.
Throughout the show, these jokes created pauses for laughter, welcome little breaks in the onslaught of science, that allowed our brains to track, like undersea robots, the terrain that was laid before us.
That moment of laughter was welcome, and his final bows suggested he has a wry, sweet sense of humor as he spotted friends in the audience and smiled at them.
But for all its local wonders, its unceasing appeal to grace and intelligence – plus some welcome bursts of satiric laughter – there is something formally wrong with "The Age of Anxiety".
Caring Clowns are deployed around the world to children's hospitals, VA hospitals, shelters for abused women and children, homes for the disabled, and anywhere else healing laughter is welcome.
A little while later, Madison was feeding grapes to her mother and brother, her spasmodic laughter a more welcome tension release for Potter than any masseuse's touch.
"Garry Mauro promised me that if I came to Texas in the wake of all this controversy, I would get a warm welcome," Mr. Clinton said, to laughter.
Cheerful screams, squeaks and laughter from children welcome you to Nyumbani Children's Home located in the verdant suburb of Karen in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
