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The Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor was constructed as a replacement for the Circle-Vision 360 film "The Timekeeper". The show was created to showcase "digital puppetry" a new technology that Disney helped develop as a part of its "Living Character Initiative". By using this new technology, Disney was able to create a show that allowed for the Monsters on the screen to interact with the audience (a technique that had previously been used in [[Turtle talk with Crush]] at [[Epcot]]).<ref> https://books.google.com/books?id=WK7T50f8i-oC&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=Monsters+Inc.+Laugh+Floor+Digital+Puppetry&source=bl&ots=_cweIf1-VM&sig=xEzW37MTrdikMdMg8Y4JBLe3rNg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC4Q6AEwA2oVChMI__TlwYCgyAIViXA-Ch3eGAGb#v=onepage&q=Monsters%20Inc.%20Laugh%20Floor%20Digital%20Puppetry&f=false </ref>

Following Disney’s announcement of the new Monsters, Inc. attraction in 2006, the former Timekeeper theater was repurposed for the new show. While much of the theater was redone, remnants of the Timekeeper can still be found. In the waiting area guests can still see the bubbling tubes that were once located in the Timekeeper’s preshow area. Likewise, while in the main theater, the 9 screens used in the former show are still there (albeit now covered).<ref> http://www.mouseplanet.com/10505/Remembering_the_Magic_Monsters_Inc_Laugh_Floor </ref> During the development of the Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor the attraction was known as the “Laugh Floor Comedy Club”. This name was changed to “Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club” before the attraction ever opened to guests. Finally, two weeks prior to the attraction’s opening the show was given its current name<ref> http://www. wdwmagic.com/attractions/monsters-inc-laugh-floor-comedy-club/news/20mar2007-monsters-inc-laugh-floor-comedy-club-name-change.htm </ref> Due to the brief window between the time that the attraction was renamed and the time that it opened, there was a significant amount of merchandise created with the “Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club” name. The Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor opened to guests on April 2, 2007. Since the attraction opened, the only major change to the show has been the addition of Monsters University references following the movie’s release in June 2013<ref> http://www.insidethemagic.net/2013/04/walt-disney-world-celebrating-monsters-university-movie-release-with-theme-park-enhancements/ </ref>.