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By Now, I'm a Expert at Memory Loss
I sat down to write my weekly humor column, but I just could not remember what I wanted to write about. This seems to be an increasingly more common affliction, ever since I turned 40. For instance, like most people over 40, I often can't remember...
Dice Sports Games That Are Fun; the Pro Football Game.
This is the next installment in a world of incredibly fun sports
games played with dice. In the first installment I taught you
how to play the college version of "Dice Football". That was the
simplest of all my dice sports games. Now it is time...
Humorous Software? It's Going To Bust Your Chops.
Do you think software is boring? Think again. Software companies have developed products that change your voice, make funny pictures and even predict your future. Curious? Read on.
AV Voice Changer (Avnex Ltd)
Browbeaten by bad chaps? Not allowed...
MRI Humor: It's Still Resonating, By Golly!
I was scheduled to have my first MRI bright and early on a
Saturday morning. It's a good thing they asked me to wear
clothes without buttons or zippers. I woke up, sipped a cup of
strong hot coffee (thankful for a compassionate husband), took...
Top 10 ways to introduce a little excitement into your workplace
10. Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.)
9. Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Then wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is a...
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Similarity Breeds Comedy
My last piece I talked about associating or pairing up opposites
to produce funny ideas. Today we associate SIMILARITY or
CONGRUITY; by puting the same or similar objects, person or
animals together to engender laughter.
One fine example is a pair of identical twins or two person
wearing the same clothes. They naturally appear "odd" or "funny"
to others. People will stare, giggle or whisper some cheeky or
unkind remarks under their breath. It's a very normal response.
For cartoonists, this association of similarity can spawn lots
of funny cartoons. They can draw a person looking like an animal
or two unrelated objects which are visually alike. The most
popular is the garden hose partly hidden by the foliage and
mistaken as a snake.
Caricature is a visual art form that employs the technique of
congruity. It doesn't look exactly like the actual person being
drawn, but just a distorted or an exaggerated impression of the
person and it usually looks kind of funny, doesn't
it?
Aside from visual art form, many verbal humor derives from this
technique too. The most obvious form of verbal humor is the
puns. A pun is a play on words, usually humorous based on
several meanings of one word, or a similarity of meanings
between words that are pronounced the same or the different in
meanings between two words pronounced the same and spelled
somewhat similarly. Following closely is another form verbal
humor, called the double entendres. It can be a word or an
expression having a double meaning, especially the second
meaning is risque.
So, similarity breeds not only contempt, but comedy too!
About the author:
A freelancer from MALAYSIA who dabbles in both visual and
performing art. Cartooning, script-writing, acting in TV and
movies, doing voice, sound and singing impressions under the
stage-names: Wacky Willy and SFX-Man.
Read more articles and free tips at:
http://funny-ideas.blogspot.com/
Reach me at: kertoon@yahoo.com
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