Death from laughter

Wisconsin Dells “Are you crazy” said jovee as her eyebrows bunched “You're going to go down one of them ? “Yes I am and dad will too” I say back with laughter. “Macy...Macy…...Macy” dad said very annoyed because I was not paying attention. “Do you want to go down the red or blue slide?” I replayed “blue it looks faster.” Looking up at the slides I was getting more and more excited, I was ready. Dad and I started climbing the many flights of stairs. Getting more excited every step we take we…

"He had good reason to ignore them. They are little more than machines for now. They answer to the name given to them and they can attack and defend and evolve, but they are still very far away from being true beings." Felix nodded in understanding. "Maybe in time as things progress they'll become something more. One must have a goal in life after all." Felix replied. A sharp buzz followed by the sound of breaking glass caused both Felix and Mikhail…

and is a growing genre in the media industry. Sitcoms generate millions of dollars every year with new popular TV sitcoms coming out every year along with the traditional sitcoms producing new seasons. The conventions of a sitcom separate this genre from others, like limited locations, stereo typical characters and circular narrative. The sitcom producers modified these conventions as the genre has grown and gained more ratings and viewers as the audience thrives off the humour and entertainment…

“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”-Erma Bombeck. Inside every art form, there’s artists that display the true essence of their particular craft much differently than the others. Within Comedy, you have different types of comedians with the same goal in mind in which is to make every one laugh. Improvisational comedy is the hardest to do because unlike prop and solo comedians, improvisational comedians has no time to rehearse or to test…

punchline. Their findings for the pauses that occurred in a joke were longer at the beginning of the joke than the slight pause that happened before the punchline. Attardo and Pickering (2011) also discovered that the pace of a joke remained the same from beginning to end. Attardo and Pickering’s (2011) research of timing can be used by interpreters when they have to voice what a Deaf Presenter is signing a joke. They need to remember…

the fact he'd been drifting in and out of consciousness for the majority of the day, Armin felt pretty content as soon as he opened his eyes for what seemed to be the umpteenth time. His throat wasn't as dry as it usually was as soon as he woke up from a nap, and he didn't feel as disoriented; he felt safe, warm and secure. Maybe it was to do with how still and quiet everything was; maybe it was because of how comfortable the sheets felt, warm and snug; or maybe it was because of the arms…

Monica encountered different problems and situations that they solved in their own unique way. Watching comedy is like taking a break, having a good laugh, viewing the world from a totally different perspective, and walking on the path of a healthy light living. Laughing is natural and common to all people from all ages and from all walks of life. I find the following American actors to be extremely humorous:…

Laughter is something you look forward to every day, you just don’t know it. When you laugh you feel like it will make anyone laugh, but many people might not laugh with you. If you are a person who laughs a lot, why do you laugh? Is it because someone a funny joke or is it because someone fell down? If you laugh for a good reason , than you know the good things in life. One of my many good experiences with laughter is when my brother, Jaxon, acts like he is a cat. It makes me laugh every time.…

Lastly the mechanical theory created by Henri Bergson, breaks down repetition and why machine like characteristics turn out to be laughable. Most comic characters depend for their laughs on enduring personality traits: Take Homer Simpson's inability to anticipate consequences — "Doh!" — or Austin Powers' single-minded sex-drive. The French philosopher Henri Bergson believed that it is inadaptability or rigidity — the repetitive nature of our personalities— that is the source of humor. If this…

people in more areas than just entertainment? According to the articles, “Carry on Laughing?” and “The Therapeutic Value of Laughter in Medicine”, it can. Evidence in both articles indicates that laughter can be used to improve health. In the article “Carry on Laughing”, Roger Dobson relates how recent studies performed by various colleges and hospitals proved that laughter can be beneficial to health (2008). One study was performed on a group of mothers with babies diagnosed with eczema. The…