“There’s an old saying about those who forget history. I don’t remember it, but it’s good.” (Stephen Colbert) Do you have a favorite comedian? I laughed at Colbert when his name was pronounced, Coal-burt. He has a weirdness (and cutting edge) that I like. Many comics come from hard times, finding laughter in the “tragic.” Charlie Chaplin was a master of this. Jackie Gleason mastered it as Ralph Kramden in the Honeymooners. Who (what) makes you laugh? ;-) Jack
FROM ST PAUL: looking at re-runs of the Honeymooners in today's culture, it's a wonder Alice didn't get a gun and shoot him for being and sounding so abusive. it seemed funny then but not so much today===JACK: I really, REALLY laugh at the Honeymooners. Don't feel too sorry for Alice. She gives it right back at Ralph.
FROM BS IN ENGLAND: e have Michael McIntyre who has a show on TV on Saturdays and it makes me laugh until my sides ache!===JACK: With Youtube I should be able to watch "your" Michael...and see if my sides ache. Is British humor different from American? Fawlty Towers was a favorite of mine.
FROM HONEST JOHN: I think “Your Show of Shows” was the best comedy show ever.... ===JACK: As for comedy, how about DJT claiming that he made Juneteenth into the famous day it is today?
FROM WILLMAR REV: Me sometimes, as I shake my head in disbelief at what I just said or did?! Nobody else is. 0;-/===JACK: I remember making some slip-ups during sermons...saying the wrong thing...then starting laugh in the pulpit, with others, laughing, too. But, no rolling in the aisles, like at an A of G service.
FROM INDY GENIE: I love Stephen Colbert. He makes me laugh and think. Ross, on Friends, also makes me laugh out loud ...in every episode. ===JACK: I liked your mom's laugh. I can picture (hear) it now.===GENIE: Oh...thank you for mentioning her and her laugh! I like that you knew her.
FROM BLAZING OAKS: Love Colbert, especially his monologues about Trump! Truly funny! I have a framed photo with the caption "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we will never cease to be amused!" I am often amused...! The Golden Girls are usually good for a laugh, too! The Dick Van Dyke Show, and Coach, were good ones in their day!! :-) Thank goodness for the gift of humor!!!===JACK: Laughter, like beauty, is in the beholder. Colbert "amuses" me. He's not the HA HA type of comedian. I wonder if Jesus really (really) laughed at a joke? I mean...at stuff that isn't in the Bible.===BO: We don't know, that's for sure...but I hope he did! A little levity goes
a long way in dealing with life's ups and downs, and He sure
had that!! With his close friends, maybe??
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