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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Mince on May 20, 2012, 10:05:26 PM
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Would you say there are styles or methods of humour that you use often deliberately, or does it come naturally without thinking?
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It certainly comes without thinking, but whether it is humour?
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For example, some of Peepmaster's humour comes from deliberately misunderstanding what is written.
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I think it's a natural gift that I have.
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I think that we all have our own style of humour which comes to us naturally. Nearly all comedians, for example, have recognisable styles which they more or less stick to. (Deadpan stand-up, visual humour, quickfire gags etc.). Off the top of my head, the only exception I can think of is Rowan Atkinson. He made his name as a clever, verbose performer and later switched to the silent comedy of Mr. Bean---which I found extremely UNfunny, but that's just me.
When I first started writing Andy Capp, I tried hard to emulate Reg Smythe's style but soon found myself falling back into my usual, less-than-subtle ways.
Humour SHOULD come naturally---when it's contrived, it loses its edge.
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What's that got to do with penguins?
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Everything!
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Everything!
Seventeen minutes past ten.
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Penguins are lovely and soft, and stink of fish!
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And its 2245hrs
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Have you hugged one? I mean, you know they're soft, and their breath stinks... I'm not one to jump to conclusions...
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Silky soft. It could not get up with the rest of the pack/herd/tribe/flight, as its wing was damaged. I just lifted it onto its feet, and it waddled away.
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Silky soft. It could not get up with the rest of the pack/herd/tribe/flight, as its wing was damaged. I just lifted it onto its feet, and it waddled away.
Aaawwww! <puke> it's too early in the morning for this ....
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P-p-p-pick up a penguin. That's what it said.
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P-p-p-pick up a penguin. That's what it said.
<<double groan>>
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P-p-p-pick up a penguin. That's what it said.
<<double groan>>
Yay! ;D ;D ;D
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I used to give talks on humour. Oh yes I did. People used to come to lectures on how to be funny. They weren't my initiative, I was asked to take part by some organization or other. I never claimed to be able to make people funny, because Funny is inherent, but I did give strategies on how to make jokes, and what "funny" is - the anatomy of humour, in fact. It's quite an academic subject, and I was afraid that by preparing for the talk, researching and examining, etc, I would actually lose my sense of humour.
One of the things I did was describe how jokes can be constructed by using plays on words. I drew some grazing antelope, plus a lion hiding in the bushes. The punchline was "Lunch Boks". This sort of humour can be "passed on" as it were. People with absolutely no sense of humour could actually put together their own "joke" by word association in an almost mathematical fashion. If they had a mind to. I also told the story of an old girlfriend, a sweet, gorgeous girl, but with virtually no sense of humour. I told her I was having a tuna fish sandwich. She said "I didn't know you could tune a fish". I was gobsmacked. I laughed not at the joke but at the fact she had attempted a joke. It was like seeing a baby walk for the first time.