Laughter is the best medicine, though it tends to be the worst legal defense. Salute the healing art of stand-up with today's Groupon: for $15, you get two tickets (a $30 value) to Fat Daddy's Comedy Club, a downtown funny den located in the lower level of Lucky's Bar.

As the only laugh factory up and cooking in the Sioux Falls area, Fat Daddy's hosts the region's top comedic talents with nightly shows. This summer, catch BET, Showtime, and Comedy Central vet Brian Green in an original performance, or see Minnesotan and former farmer Elaine Thompson in fully upright action that's infinitely preferable to watching stand-up comedy performed by life-size cardboard people posters. Seating for all shows is on a first-come, first-served basis, and local notables emcee all programs.

Two tickets to a comedy show make the perfect seeds for a first date, best-friend outing, or long-lost-twin flash mob. Put aside worries of a socially unacceptable grumbling stomach; Fat Daddy's offers a full-service bar and a modest menu of finger-friendly fare. Order up a buffalo chix sandwich ($7.50), or entertain an order of onion rings ($7). The old-style comedy room gives off an ambience of unadulterated fun, and the venue offers complimentary parking so as not to take the edge off your laughter with unwieldy fees and surly, cost-enforcing parking attendants. Reservations are recommended but not required; a sense of humor is, however, mandatory, so be sure to keep one tucked into a purse, messenger sack, or cheek pocket at all times.

This Groupon is valid Thursday through Saturday.