Ever hear a joke that is supposed to be the funniest thing to ever happen to spoken word and you just don’t get it?
Happens to me all the time. It happens so much that I think the joke isn’t the joke, but rather my reaction to not getting the joke. So, you try and save face and fake a laugh… but a fake laugh is about as bad as fake tears. Faking any kind of emotional reaction is just bad.
I make it a point to laugh a little harder at the jokes I DO get… that way it all balances out in the end. In the end of what I don’t know. See? That was supposed to be funny. But it wasn’t. I guess I have to be in the mood for a complicated humor. The Three Stooges I can watch anytime. Chaplin and Keaton… on the fence. Some is simple, but most of their stuff can venture into the cranial territory. I could go on about which stand-up comedians do it for me, but I have to save something for later.
It’s not easy being funny… just like the illustration says. It’s just not that easy to make it LOOK easy.
