A try not to laugh show
with Craig and Jason
Dad Jokes, Son Laughs (sometimes)
“High not to laugh is a try not to laugh show where a son is on an edible and his dad tries to make him laugh.”
New Shorts drop daily at 6:00 AM & 4:20 PM. Yes, 4:20. Obviously.
How an episode works
The rules are simple. The execution is merciless. Can Jason keep a straight face? (Narrator: he could not.)
One son, one edible, and a rapidly approaching sense of regret. The giggles are already loaded before a single joke is told. (This step is the safety meeting. Attendance is mandatory.)
Dad jokes. One-liners. Games, skits, and premises nobody asked for. Craig fires them off deadpan, one after another, no mercy rounds.
That’s the whole game. Jason’s only job is to not laugh — a job he is, historically, not great at. Son laughs (sometimes).
Ratified by Craig. Appealed by Jason. Appeal denied.
The combatants
A humor channel with a father and son telling jokes, doing skits, and sometimes podcasting — to hopefully make people laugh.
The Dad · The Offense
Joke-delivery machine. Deadpan. Relentless.
Craig comes armed with lists — dad jokes, pickup lines, fortune cookie fortunes, bad horror movie pitches, reasons a cult rejected him. He delivers every one like he’s reading the weather, which somehow makes it worse.
The Son · The Defense
The one trying — and failing — to keep a straight face.
Jason sits down, the edible sits in, and then his own father spends the whole episode trying to break him. His job is to survive the barrage. His record suggests survival is not really on the table.
Father vs. son · 147 videos deep · the face is still losing
Featured episodes
The most-watched evidence. Press play and try to do better than Jason did. Jason’s straight face is undefeated at home. On camera is another story.
The lineup
Six ways Craig tries to break Jason — plus the Potcast, where they both just talk until it gets weird.
The main event
The flagship. Craig reads, Jason resists, the face loses. Holiday editions, animal editions — if it can be a dad joke, it’s been weaponized.
The podcast
Sometimes podcasting: two guys, elevated, working through the big questions — like whether TV lied to us, and which stoner movies actually hold up.
Session notes
Old-school rounds
Two jokes in one, straight from Grampa’s playbook. The channel’s most-watched series — proof the old material still lands the hardest.
Snack science
The munchies, taken seriously. Craig and Jason taste-test their way through snack history — starting with six flavors of Peeps, because of course.
Munchie warning: reading about snacks counts as a snack emergency drill. Know your level — the official Munchie Emergency Levels are posted in Session HQ.
Chaos rounds
Word games with one rule: say the phrase, keep the face. Featuring the In My Butt Game and the Potcast’s In My Pants Game — dignity not included.
And now for something dumber
Full skits and the Comedy Movie Tournament Bracket — where great comedies go head to head and friendships are mildly tested.
Fresh off the couch
The newest rounds in the war on Jason’s face. Newest first. Jason has not moved from the couch.
The complete vault
Every long-form episode Craig & Jason have ever posted — all 147 — shelved by franchise and fully searchable. Jason has laughed in most of them. The rest are just a matter of time.
2,469 Shorts and counting
The little ones that blew up. The top two have been watched more times than Jason has heard the scarecrow joke — and he has heard it a LOT. New Shorts drop daily at 6:00 AM & 4:20 PM. Yes, 4:20. Obviously.
From the Potcast couch
Deep thoughts, shallow supervision. Jason asks the questions; Craig answers a different one. Fresh from the sessions — roll another whenever you’re ready.
Warming up the couch…
Play along at home
Think Jason’s job is easy? Sit in his chair. We’ll fire dad jokes at you — no edible required. Hit the button when you crack. Jason’s personal best is 11 seconds. No pressure.
Craig’s warming up his list…
Press “Tell me a joke” when you’re ready. Keep a straight face.
Official safety meeting — now in session
Every episode is, legally speaking*, a safety meeting. (*Not legally speaking.) This is where the session lives between episodes.
Time check
Checking the globe…
Jason has been dispatched to verify. He took the long way past the kitchen.
Midday Munchies protocol
Public service announcement
Hydrate.
That’s the whole announcement. Cotton mouth is not a personality trait. There’s water in the fridge — Jason checked. Twice. While looking for snacks.
The vaults
Subject shelves: everything on one topic — episodes, Shorts, jokes, facts — stacked in one place for maximum binge. Pick a shelf. Mind the straight face.
The sister show
“A show where a father and son review horror movies.” Same dad. Same son. Way more fake blood.
★ Endorsed by Freddy Krueger for President — the only candidate Craig & Jason have ever agreed onGory Story Time Presents:
Bloody Bits · Horror Mother Goose
“Jack and Jill went up the hill… it did not go well.”
Their nursery-rhyme-gone-wrong Shorts series. The 7,000-view “Jack and Jill” leads the Bloody Bits row below — Mother Goose has never recovered.
Horror Movie Yo Mama Jokes
“Yo mama so old, her first horror movie was silent — and she still screamed.”
A recurring Gory bit, now a full series in the guide below. Craig writes them. Jason delivers the verdicts. Yo mama approves.
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Gory Story Time streams full seasons on Falls Area Community TV — the station that lets them do this. Watch the seasons on FACT ↗ · Meet the station →
From the crypt archives
174 episodes of horror reviews, sketches, and questionable opinions live on the channel. The series shelves and the most-watched episodes are gathered here — the full vault is one tap away.
Not just YouTube
Community TV
High Not To Laugh also airs on FACT TV — Falls Area Community Television. Catch episodes like “Adult Life is a Joke” on the big(ger) screen. FACT is the station that lets them do this.
Meet the station →TikTok
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The jokes, in bite-size form. Short clips, quick cracks, and Jason’s face losing in sixty seconds or less.
Follow on TikTok ↗Get in touch
Half couch, half crypt — pick the right department and your message lands with the right guy. Craig replies fast. Jason replies after the edible wears off, so allow 6–8 business naps.
Department: The Couch
Got a dad joke that can crack Jason? Craig is accepting submissions — and taking full credit. Drop your best one in the comments of the newest episode. The good ones make the show. The bad ones also make the show.
Department: Complaints
Complaints about the jokes are routed directly to Jason. He started this. Comments on any episode reach the couch — Craig reads everything. Everything.
Department: The Crypt
Want a horror movie reviewed, defended, or formally apologized for? That’s Gory Story Time business — drop your pick in the comments over on the crypt’s channel.
Department: Quick Hits
Clips, comments, and messages — the fastest-moving couch there is.
@highnottolaugh · 3,602 followers · 74.4K likes
Department: Business (the serious kind)
Bookings, sponsorships, collabs, show business: email the business address. Craig answers in his professional voice. It’s the same voice, but slower — and typed.
Department: The Nice TV People
The show’s TV home. FACT’s number is for TV business — schedules, station stuff, community television goodness.
802-463-1613 (Bellows Falls)
Watch on Comcast 1082/1083 · VTel 172/173 · Spectrum 1301 (Keene)
Our sponsors also accept complaints — they forward them to Jason. · Munchie emergencies are not handled by phone. If it’s a Level 5, you already know what to do: somebody check the freezer.
Falls Area Community TV · fact8.com
“The Only Filter Here Is on the Camera Lens.”
None of this exists without them. FACT handed a dad, his son, some cameras, and a time slot — and has been “supervising” loosely ever since. Public-access TV is the reason two guys from the Falls Area can be on actual television and the internet. Serving Greater Rockingham, VT & Keene, NH: Athens, Bellows Falls, Brookline, Cambridgeport, Grafton, Rockingham, and Westminster, VT — plus Keene, NH.
How to watch
Comcast 1082 & 1083 · VTel 172 & 173 · Spectrum 1301 in Keene
Both shows air on FACT’s channels, stream at fact8.com, and live on YouTube — High Not To Laugh and Gory Story Time.
Their shows on FACT
Gory Story Time — full seasons streaming on FACT
Watch Gory Story Time on FACT ↗
High Not To Laugh — airing & listed on FACT
Want to make your own show?
“Training, Gear, and Studio Time — Everything but the Coffee’s Free!”
That’s FACT’s own line, and it’s real: community members can learn production and make their own shows at the station. Craig & Jason are the proof of concept. Results may vary. Straight faces not guaranteed.
Station info
Bellows Falls HQ
1 Hospital Court, Suite 1, Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Phone 802-463-1613 · Open Mon–Fri, 10 AM–7 PM
Keene location
60 Winter St, Keene, NH
Phone 603-903-0036
HighNotToLaugh Productions thanks Falls Area Community TV for the cameras, the channels, and the extremely reasonable amount of supervision.