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Fly The Friendly Skies
I have decided that every day you travel is an opportunity for humor. My recent travel experiences might be just what an aging comic needs to revive his career. It started with arrival at the airport, where nobody was in communication with the...
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Funny T-shirts - Give the Gift of Laughter
It used to be that knowing a good joke or one-liner was the way
of giving the gift of laughter. It still is. But, for those of
us who have a hard time remembering jokes or coming up with our
own, we have turned to wearing funny t-shirts in order...
Opposite Attracts Laughter!
How do comedy writers come up with endless funny ideas? Basically they employ the technique called ASSOCIATION. They pair up or associate different images, words and thoughts together until they reach a hilarious result.
The most popular and...
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The Bare Truth About My Butt Quiz
Forget about the SAT, never mind the FCAT, and remove forever from you mind any thoughts about the ACT. All these test pale in comparision to the examination that I just failed. Failing those test may have minor repurcussions like never making it...
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How to write funny ideas
People are always curious as where do humorists get their wacky
ideas all the time. Once awhile you may hit upon a funny line or
silly joke, but to churn out an endless stream of funny ideas is
no joke(no pun intended).
So, where and how do the professional comedy writers do it? It's
all up in the head and the deep secret is the thinking process.
The combination of creativity and imagination is the first step
that will lead your thoughts to the funny finish.
To be imaginative and creative, you got to let your mind wander
freely and illogically even to absurdity. Don't be inhibited.
Many a times, the best joke appeared in the most unexpected
combination.
Here are five techniques which you can generate humorous ideas:
1.Incongruity - by pairing of opposites or contrasts. 2.Reverse
- by switching or reverting of situations.
3.Similarity - by
pairing of the same or similar things, person or situations
4.Words - by using puns, oxymorons, cliches and figure of speech
5.Switches - by using others'ideas only as a starting point.
These are the four essential elements of humor:
1.Surprise - unexpected twist to the ending 2.Realism - truth or
logic that can be related to or recognised 3.Exaggeration -
simple distortion to the extent of absurdity 4.Victim - the butt
of the joke
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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