Dr. Laura LaPlaca is a pop culture historian, archivist, and curator with over fifteen years of experience leading cultural heritage projects at museums, libraries, and universities. 
 
She is VP & Head of the National Comedy Center's Carl Reiner Department of Archives & Preservation: the United States' congressionally-designated archive for comedy history. 

Laura has collaborated with dozens of artists, estates, and peer institutions to display and preserve materials that represent comedy's great cultural contributions: from Lucille Ball’s polka-dotted dress and George Carlin’s 27,000-piece joke file to original production records from series like Saturday Night Live , In Living Color, and ​The Tonight Show.

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