cheap laugh
when one person makes a joke at another's expense...the joke may or may not be funny
hypothetically speaking--when one person stands in front of a group of people and dedicates a work of art to him/her, and after a "awwww" from the crowd, said person says into the microphone: "it's...it's more of a joke."
Hypothetically, that's a cheap laugh.
Hypothetically, that's a cheap laugh.