Comedy

[Taem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M <---comedy not tragedy

Granted the guy bops himself on the head or other minor goofs but the true joke of the skit is not at anyone's expense.

Edit: I think "comedy" is better defined as our amusement over our own and other's mistakes and misunderstandings. Maybe it keeps us from going insane after a lifetime of goof ups.

That little clip proves my point brilliantly! In the first 1:40 we have:

1) Man interrupts, "Peanuts, popcorn." The fact that this professional baseball player is trying to tell the crowd something, but gets rudely interrupted is of course comedy, even though it is at his demise.

2) Rude interloper breaks lights, "Whoops, I didn't see those lights there." Again, pure comedy, at the expense of whomever own the lights in the skit.

3) Knocks hat off with bat. Yes, it's funny because he is uncoordinated. We laugh at his demise.

4) " 'Who' is on 1st," "Who?" This little misunderstanding, a form of ignorance (that we find funny by the way), which leads to a misinformed debate on who is actually on first base at the malady of the poor professional baseball player.

Of course, since it is a fictional skit, we can sit back and laugh at it's antics, yet this does not change the fact that what we are finding amusing or funny is in fact other peoples suffering. Don't forget that. Next.

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Of course, I have no idea of what you find funny. I personally think
Doctor: "I have good news and bad news. First, the bad news. You'll have to give yourself painful injections daily for the rest of your life. But the good news is, you won't have to do it for long."
is hilarious.

Yes, other peoples suffering is hilarious.

However, I consider this funny also, and no elephants were injured in the making:

1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.

2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?

Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator? Wrong Answer.

Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.

3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend.... except one. Which animal does not attend?

Correct Answer: The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there.

Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.

4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat. How do you manage it?

Correct Answer: You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.

Clearly, lamenting others ignorance in a humorous fashion is a boon for comedy.

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I think that humor is largely about the unexpected. If all you see in comedy is laughing at the expense of others, you have maybe grown cynical or indeed watch too much sitcom or stand-up routines.

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

Odorless perfume wouldn't make any scents.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

I still find "comedy" funny, but I just realized what I'm laughing at and why. It's sick, and I love it. And since you find comedy funny also, might as well accept the truth, unless you can find me something that is authentically funny that does not poke fun at someones ignorance, stupidity, pain... basically anything that would cause another to suffer in one way or another. Unless someone is experiencing some type of misfortune, there is nothing funny about comedy.