Theory of Comedy

So I've been thinking, and this may have already been posted, so I guess I will post it again if that is the case. Anyways, I've watched a lot of stand-up and although each comedian has their thing, some have song, some have puppets, and some even just have little parts where they imitate the audience, two things always come through in a stand-up show. The first of all of them being that modern humor is not hypothetical situations, it's about the comedian's life in most part and those around him. They will bring up stories that have happened to them over time and tell them with impeccable comedic timing. Take for instance Bruce Bruce, he tells a story about an uncle he has that can laugh without cracking a smile. He also talks about a friend who will giggle a little after every time he says something.








The second point is that we as a society takes a strange pleasure in seeing other people hurt themselves or bring pain to themselves. Sometimes it's funny and sometimes it is just a fascination with pain and suffering. Evidence of the humor side is "America's Funniest Home Videos." This show has been running for years and made a fortune off the misfortune of others who decided to record it. Remember the funniest video you have seen on there. It is probably the video of a man getting hit in the balls or someone slipping and falling off of something like a diving board and into the water or off of a trampoline and hitting the ground. Now we all know that the family member who was recording as soon as it was recorded went and assisted the injured person, but until then they have sat there and recorded another person's physical pain that we will see on the television and laugh at, and possibly allow them to win five thousand dollars.

Now on a different note, I saw couple youtube videos the other day that I found quite funny and I think you will too. First of them is between two stick figures who are having a conversation about how they love noodles, and then decide to find out who loves noodles more. At the end, you do find out who loves noodles more.



The second video is taking quotes from Darth Vader and putting it into a scene from Monty Python that we will all recognize.




For some more funny, I recommend this website. It is from the same people who made the first video, and it has some comic strips that are pretty good.