how exactly can you be funny?
is it a skill that can be learned? or just a trait that your born with?
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I think being funny as for the common guy/girl in regular conversation, you either have or you don't. Funny comes with a charm, and a little bit of storytelling you can only gain if you are open to it.
On the flip side, there are some funny ass comedians out there, that for the most part are self hating, really dark people.
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hmmm hard one... I think it can be improved on but you need to be a bit funny first. I use a lot of sarcasm. Try and watched comedians and people on TV. Watch what devices they use to portray their humour. Like a dead pan face with a sarcastic delivery. Timing is important too. A pause at the right moment can take something funny and make it hysterical...Other than that you need to be intelligent enough to understand a joke and make one up at a moment's notice. Some comedian's have a specific style - Like Russel Brand's use of vocabulary, excessive hand movements and face movements, Eddie Izzard uses a rambling made up style of humour and Russel Peter's draws on his Indian background and uses a lot of accents.
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Knock knock.......
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hmmm hard one... I think it can be improved on but you need to be a bit funny first. I use a lot of sarcasm. Try and watched comedians and people on TV. Watch what devices they use to portray their humour. Like a dead pan face with a sarcastic delivery. Timing is important too. A pause at the right moment can take something funny and make it hysterical...Other than that you need to be intelligent enough to understand a joke and make one up at a moment's notice. Some comedian's have a specific style - Like Russel Brand's use of vocabulary, excessive hand movements and face movements, Eddie Izzard uses a rambling made up style of humour and Russel Peter's draws on his Indian background and uses a lot of accents.
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Knock knock.......
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hmmm hard one... I think it can be improved on but you need to be a bit funny first. I use a lot of sarcasm. Try and watched comedians and people on TV. Watch what devices they use to portray their humour. Like a dead pan face with a sarcastic delivery. Timing is important too. A pause at the right moment can take something funny and make it hysterical...Other than that you need to be intelligent enough to understand a joke and make one up at a moment's notice. Some comedian's have a specific style - Like Russel Brand's use of vocabulary, excessive hand movements and face movements, Eddie Izzard uses a rambling made up style of humour and Russel Peter's draws on his Indian background and uses a lot of accents.
Wait...Wait it goes - 'So a Nun,a Mormon and a Halibut walk into a bar...
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(giggles)...You're on fire today...you need a drum roll
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(grins) what the heck have you been smoking? Could you please fedex me some of it?[/quote
Banana peels, as usual.
Don't they have green-grocers near where you live?
(And do you have some kind of BELL that goes off on your computer whenever I post something?
And why aren't you asleep, young lady...it's almost midnight in Jolly Olde!)
I just had a nap.
You'll be like that when you're old and sick and senile like me.
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(grins) what the heck have you been smoking? Could you please fedex me some of it?[/quote
Banana peels, as usual.
Don't they have green-grocers near where you live?
(And do you have some kind of BELL that goes off on your computer whenever I post something?
And why aren't you asleep, young lady...it's almost midnight in Jolly Olde!)
I just had a nap.
You'll be like that when you're old and sick and senile like me.
I'm being a sadist and making my partner watch Maid in Manhattan(evil laugh)...old,sick and senile...I intend to die tragically in a fatal marshmallow factory accident before I can get old and senile...
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(grins) what the heck have you been smoking? Could you please fedex me some of it?[/quote
Banana peels, as usual.
Don't they have green-grocers near where you live?
(And do you have some kind of BELL that goes off on your computer whenever I post something?
And why aren't you asleep, young lady...it's almost midnight in Jolly Olde!)
I just had a nap.
You'll be like that when you're old and sick and senile like me.
I'm being a sadist and making my partner watch Maid in Manhattan(evil laugh)...old,sick and senile...I intend to die tragically in a fatal marshmallow factory accident before I can get old and senile...[/quote
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Maid In Manhattan, with Ralph Fiennes and What's-Her-Name with the great set of, uh - Teeth!
Never seen it.
Marshmallow factory, hmmmn?
Just you and the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man, maybe?
Does this fantasy involve , say, a fire and a long wooden stick?
Are you wearing a bikini in it?
Doing the Watusi on the beach, along with Annette Funicello?
Tell me, quick!
I feel another nap coming on.
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Maid In Manhattan, with Ralph Fiennes and What's-Her-Name with the great set of, uh - Teeth!
Never seen it.
Marshmallow factory, hmmmn?
Just you and the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man, maybe?
Does this fantasy involve , say, a fire and a long wooden stick?
Are you wearing a bikini in it?
Doing the Watusi on the beach, along with Annette Funicello?
Tell me, quick!
I feel another nap coming on.
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I love having fun with anyone! I have some good friends on here that I can goof with for hours. I've hosted a couple of improv events and MCd quite a bit. The real key to improv is to be able to take something ordinary and make a "comedy line" out of it. Robin Williams, among others, kills at this form of comedy. A relatively unknown name in the comedy business - Russell Peters is VERY good at improv as well.