Laughing Gas (instrumental) Laughing Gas (instrumental) "Laughing Gas" was a song performed by Quiet Riot at all the live performances while Randy Rhoads played with the band. It was never recorded onto an album until a live bootleg performance was enhanced (with rerecorded vocals) and placed on "The Randy Rhoads Years". The improvised solo was just over 6 minutes long and contained clips from future songs of Ozzy Osbourne including, "Goodbye to Romance", "Mr. Crowley", "Dee", and "Crazy Train". The solo outlined Randy's talent and productivity level at such a young age. This solo also contained a reference to William Tell Overture and
The Laughing Man (short story) The Laughing Man (short story) "The Laughing Man" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, published originally in "The New Yorker" on March 19, 1949; and also in Salinger’s short story collection "Nine Stories". It largely takes the structure of a story within a story and is thematically occupied with the relationship between narrative and narrator, and the end of youth. The story is inspired by the Victor Hugo novel of the same name: "The Man Who Laughs" ("L'homme qui rit"). An unnamed narrator recounts his experiences as a nine-year-old member of the Comanche Club in New York City