People say that dissecting comedy makes things less funny the more you do it. To those people I say, "shut up you are ruining my English project." But I like to ask why something is funny, it helps me appreciate it more. When the joke is fairly obvious, like in this picture, you get an immediate laugh. However, when you see something clever you get enjoyment from getting the joke along with the actual joke. It is rewarding to see something and think 'Hey, that is a joke that some people will not understand, but I do.' I think that you get prolonged enjoyment, because you can go back in your head and recall why it was funny.
I've also noticed that people think you are funnier if you are frequently spewing out little jokes rather than saying really funny things every once in a while. If anyone has noticed, no one really says anything that funny. Sure, it might be funny right off the bat, but in a second you will realize it wasn't that great. In school, I have certainly noticed people trying to make jokes out of everything. It's all hit-or-miss, and mostly miss. But these people are the 'funny' ones, and one out of every 5 things might actually be comical. I like to listen to people and secretly make fun of them in my head. That pretty much consumes my entire day.
I made this Tagxedo to showcase a few words I like to look at or say. Mind you, this probably doesn't even scratch the surface, but here are a few. To see the interactive one, click here: HA!
(Too bad about the size. Blogger has limited selection for displaying images. Just click the link)
This. Is. The. Best. Magazine. Ever. After scanning through several front pages, I noticed a few reoccurring themes. The first one is being attacked by wild animals. The second is escaping from man-hating tribes of scantily clad women. A third is rescuing multitudes of scantily clad women from Nazis and the like. A fourth theme is that not a single women has buttons on her shirts (possibly because they were ripped off by animal attack). And finally I noticed that every animal ever will gang up and kill you on a remote island in the middle of the sea. Also that all women want to have extra-marital sex, and as a man we mustn't condone that behavior.
If they still made this, mark me down as 'subscribed.'
Earlier, I said I find almost anything funny. That is true. But there is no middle funny. I think it's funny, or it's not. The things I think are the worst are the things that are supposed to be funny, but they are terrible (expertly worded sentence, I know). Luckily, my sister has kept me up to date on everything terrible on TV. As an example, I will use the show "Friends." I can go through full episodes without even smiling. The show is painful to watch, but the worst part is, well, all of it actually. I like to play a game called "Not laughing and making it publicly known that whatever I'm not laughing at isn't funny." This is my favorite part of watching TV with my sister, and I can tell that it is her absolute favorite part of the day. I might make some videos of me not laughing at things. I think that would be funny. Also, Ellen DeGeneres is not funny.
I think it's about time that I introduced Cancoms into this project. Cancoms consists of me, Sam Keefe, and Christin Lane. It's on the YouTube. We are (sort of) a sketch comedy group. To be honest, it's more like 'improv sorta funny three friends,' but I don't think that's a real thing. We basically film things we think are funny, and put them on the internet. Almost all of our ideas start with one of us saying "it would be funny if..." Most of the time it is not funny, but if we laugh hard enough about one idea we try to capture it on camera. But like I said, it is mostly improv. Every few days one of us pipes up with "I have a video idea." I'm pretty sure that our friends think that's all we know how to say.
In the videos I seem to always get cast as the fool, and I make an ass out of myself. Please, look though the rest of our videos. There are maybe 2 where I'm not shouting or peeing my pants. Seriously. But making the videos is usually the most fun, and the bloopers are always far better than the actual video.
We all claim that we are the best people in the group. But obviously I'm the funniest. Christin swears he comes up with all the ideas. I say I come up with all the jokes. We all agree Sam is the worst. I can't decide which videos to put up, so I will put up a smorgasbord of ones that make me laugh.
The Mystery of Gordon:
For anyone who is interested in more, find 'em at Cancoms
With the Canadian election coming up tomorrow, I thought this would be an appropriate post. Guess who I don't want to win? If you guessed Gille Duceppe, you win! Also Harper. Personally, if I were of age, I'd be voting for the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada,Pirate Party of Canada, or the Rhinoceros Party. Obviously these are the only logical parties to elect. Hopefully Canada makes the correct decision. To hell with budgets and the environment. A vote for the Pirate Party is a vote for a party with pirates. At least that is what I assume. A year-round party where everyone dresses like a pirate and does pirate activities. And with the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie coming to theaters soon, I can only speculate that Johnny Depp will be adopted as our lord and master. So seriously, vote for pirates.
