Simple strategies that help you see the world as funnier ? Ideas like " try to ask yourself "how can I see this as funny" ? Or multiple perspectives, see the opposites, the imposibilities, random associations to a certain event, etc . Help anyone ?
2006-11-09 06:33:25 · 15 answers · asked by Nothingness 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
its all about practice believe me,just try to watch a comedy movies and stuff like that and try Ur jokes on people u dint know first,that's the rule,then try it on people u do know.
2006-11-09 06:40:13 · answer #1 · answered by ziadko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as you realize how ridiculous the world is, especially how weird society is, everything gets funnier. Start by getting your news from comedians, and your comedy from the news. It takes a little time but once it starts to come into focus it all gets funnier (as you understand how dumb we all are).
2006-11-09 06:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by Understood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there are a few tips:
1. You cannot take very many things too seriously. You have to be able to see irony (Attending a party where the movie "Titanic" is being shown and during the party the host runs OUT of ice.) If you thought that was funny you probably already have a good sense of humor. If you are still wondering that ironic twist is funny, you may be hopeless.
2. You have to be thick skinned. That is why liberals never have good senses of humor--they are too worried about who their laughter might offend. Conservatives have a great sense of humor, liberals are too busy wringing their palms and daubing the sweat from their brow, fearful their comment might offend someone. Be thick skinned and almost anything can be funny. (Prior to his trip to Dallas, Kennedy reportedly said, "I need another trip to Texas like a need a hole in the head.") If you clicked your tongue and said, "Oh. We shouldn't make fun of the Kennedy assassination..." you will never be very funny.
3. You have to be a little bit racist and be able to laugh at racisl topics. Otherwise you will never "get" most jokes told to you. "What is the most confusing day in Harlem?" "FATHER'S DAY!" "What do Asians use dental floss for? BLINDFOLDS!!" If you can laugh at race, you can laugh at anything.
4. Try to construct a ridiculous payoff for an innocuous set up. The other day I told my class of regular American History students that my 2-year-old grandson spoke his first word. Someone asked, 'What was it?' I said, "Vernacular. But I don't think he knows what it means." Maybe three students laughed. I told the same ridiculous line to my Advanced Placement American Students (the cream of the crop) and everyone in the room laughed for a solid minute.
5. That leads us to the next one. You must be smart, VERY smart to have a good sense of humor. Stupid people never have clever wits because they don't get the jokes or see the humor in a scenerio in front of them. Television talkshow hosts who are quick witted are also extremely intelligent. Those who cannot adlib at all are probably morons. David Letterman--extremely smart, Johnny Carson--extremely smart, Arsenio Hall--idiot. He NEVER adlibbed a clever line in his entire career. Chevy Chase--idiot. Only funny when OTHER people write his material. Magic Johnson--idiot, cannot think on his feet at all.
Education may be the best preparation for humor, but when it all comes down to being funny, some people see the world in odd and quirky ways some don't. And what is funny to one person is not funny to another. I have NEVER laughed even one time at Robin Williams. He doesn't make me laugh. Ricky Gervais or the BBC's "The Office" makes me laugh until my vision blurs. Just practice thinking outside the box. Once in the breakroom at my campus the topic turned to sex. Someone went around the table asking everyone what their favorite position was. When it came to me I said, "Shortstop." Everyone laughed. That is simply thinking outside the box. Once a student who was breaking up with her boyfriend wrote him a "dear john" letter. She asked me what was the hardest letter I ever had to write was. I thought about it and said, "Probably 'W'"
Some laugh and some don't.
2006-11-09 06:49:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Curious 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
1:let me knock some into you!
2:Buy some off me,(i will sell it to you dirt cheap)£1.50.
3:Don't forget your stupid daily exersize 24hours a day.
4:Taking up a stupid girlfriend.
5:Watch more sponge bob and act like him.
Do this and live as the funny KING!
2006-11-09 06:53:19 · answer #4 · answered by charlie w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wordplay, juxtoposition, and irony. Don't be afraid to borrow something from pop culture and make it your own. For example - "See that girl over there? I hear she has an easy button."
2006-11-09 06:35:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to sense of humor school maybe
2006-11-09 06:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by Beth B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to find things funny or be able to make people laugh!?
2006-11-09 06:51:05 · answer #7 · answered by Coyote 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont feel weird about your laugh
listen to wierd al
alot
watch mad tv or snl
watch animated programs like american dad, family guy, and the simpsons
2006-11-09 06:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by ♥will♥skate♥4♥life♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one is born with a seance of humor.
seance of humor = very good imagination
2006-11-09 06:42:15 · answer #9 · answered by cheeks the slick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being spontaneous and often random seems to work well for me.
2006-11-09 06:35:13 · answer #10 · answered by Justin V 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋