Humour

We have all heard at least a street word like Junot Diaz used. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and emigrated to the US just being a child when he grew up in New Jersey to be more specific. Since then it was a challenge for him to face a new language.His struggle with English made him cling in reading, and he later became a writer. Graduated from Rutgers University Some of his works such as, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, how to lose her,” and…

Laughter is the best medicine. Making someone laugh is one of the greatest feelings in the world, whenever I make someone laugh it brightens up my day. Brian Regan understands this. Brian Regan is one of the most creative, and confident people I know, and is a huge influence on who I am as a person. Brian Regan has a very unique act. He makes jokes about normally mundane things and makes them seem surreal. You would think that to make a joke about eating Fig Newtons funny, you would have to be…

The previous successes and future events of stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre. From his appearances on television to his record breaking DVD sales. Michael McIntyre's outstanding comical routines have made him one of Britain's most loved comedians. His charming, cheerful personality have become a welcome sight on television screens throughout the country, and he is very much in demand amongst the British public when it comes to viewing live performers. Michael McIntyres Comedy Achievements…

Slapstick comedy in films started around 1915 when the famous Keystone Cops silent movies were made. The silent era saw the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton who starred in some of the more memorable films such as “The Tramp” and “The General”. Slapstick comedy is an extreme form of comedy normally involving forms of physical acts by the actors, such as being poked in the eyes or pulling one around by his ears. In the 1930s slapstick was dominated by “The Three Stooges” and Laurel and…

All Kinds of Funny Any person who has ever laughed around someone funny would most likely love to be around a comedian. There are many people that do not know there are different types of comedians involved in the humor genre. For example, they use various types of style and formats. They also perform their acts so much more differently as all of the other types of comedians. There are so many aspects that can be considered to differ all types of comedians. There is an ample amount of different…

Sometime the positive things and negative thing about a person could be understood well when these things are explained to them in a humorous way. There might be two types of people around us one those named as neat people and other those named as sloppy people. Let us make a comparison between these two types of people and mention their positive and negative things in a humorous manner. The difference between the sloppy people and neat people is Moral. Sloppy people are much better than the…

“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing” (Mark Twain). The controversy, however, is within how humor is conveyed or perceived to be. Alain De Botton, a philosophical writer, deems that humorists hold “impunity” in their messages that underlie their humor; impunity is something exempt from punishment. I consider that humor is used to veil the serious meaning that is proven such in political cartoons and the article “Humor conveys ‘Me No Terrorist’s’ serious message” (Elder). Conversely, people may…

Who are better neat people or sloppy? What about men or women? Of course, there are no correct answers but the Suzanne Britt and Dave Barry may think differently. Neat People vs. Sloppy People compare and contrast the difference between the two. It is a comparative essay written by Suzanne Britt and while she writes with a clear purpose. In her essay she compares and contrasts why sloppy people are better than neat people. Dave Barry’s Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out also compares and…

Humor is inevitable, it is around us every day and few people take the time to consider why we laugh. Darwin had theorizes about the social role of laughter, making suggestions that certain vocal expressions most often linked to internal emotional states may also function as a way of influencing others. That is truly a fascinating theory to say because humor can be seen as a foundation to team building. The two professions we’ve been looking at are heavily dependent on their co-workers who act…

Humour has been around for as long as there has been humanity. In advertising, it has been used for generations to attract people from all walks of life. Humour is universal; therefore, companies should use humorous advertising as it has a positive result that goes beyond the short term. It has an ongoing effect, yet its success over the long term is compelling. In fact, humour is one of the few tools that businesses can use in their advertisements to get a result that goes beyond their…