How to pronounce “laughingstock” in English

I lived on to see myself become a laughingstock, a cartoon villain-- that place in the August roll call of presidents, where history pauses and snickers.

He was a laughingstock in the physics community.

I'm just curious if you have any of your own insights into how he went from being a total laughingstock to having nice obits.

He may have had some at first, and he lost it quick to the point where he became a laughingstock.