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By Matt Cherette Aug 24, 2011 1:21 AM

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They’ll Lose It Live: 16 of the Best On-Air Laughing Fits

On his CNN show last week, Anderson Cooper fell into a minute-long fit of giggles on live TV over a lame potty joke. The video of Cooper losing it on air quickly went viral and turned into fodder for Stephen Colbert on the following night's episode of The Colbert Report.

But Colbert is no stranger to on-air laughing fits. Click through for a compilation of some of Colbert's giggliest moments, along with 15 other favorite laughing fits on live TV. Next »

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