Let America Laugh

Let America Laugh is the behind the scenes DVD of stand-up comedian David Cross's comedy album "Shut Up You Fucking Baby!". While it does feature tiny parts of David's stand-up routines, it is mostly the off stage "high-jinks" between David and the other people on tour.

Each segment on the DVD has a title taken from a Bible tract by Jack T. Chick ("Is There Another Christ?", "Gomez Is Coming", "This Was Your Life"). David Cross is a self-professed atheist.

In October 2005, Cross was sued by Nashville club owner Thomas Weber, accusing Cross of taping him without permission for Let America Laugh in violation of Weber's privacy rights. Weber put up a website called werenotlaughing.com, a play on the DVD's title. In April 2006 the case against David Cross himself was dismissed, leaving Thomas Weber to face Warner Music, Subpop Records, WEA Corporation, and the Alternative Distribution Alliance. In June, the four companies together offered Weber an 'offer of judgement' of $30,000. Weber then attempted to force each of the four companies to pay $30,000 and in the end received nothing. The case was dismissed on July 25th, 2006.

cite web
title = "Whatever Happened to... That lawsuit against David Cross?"
publisher = The Apiary
date= August 18, 2006
url = http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2006/08/what_ever_happe_1.html