Laughter in animals

Every once in a while, one will say to themselves, I should have stayed in bed! On this weekend, this would become too true! Since our group hiked for years together, we always looked forward to spending the weekend together. You know to tell our stories over and over again! Our destination started at the Seven Pines Trail Head and we were headed to Siberia Creek Campsite. Mario our leader had laid out our hike as about four miles, and the time would be a little over two hours. (See Mario’s…

“The human race has only one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. The moment it arises, all our hardness’s yield, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place”—Mark Twain. Reviews and observations show that creating a fun work environment is a hot topic among many big organizations. Thousands of these organizations are trying to use fun at workplace as a tool for motivation of their employees for greater productivity and job satisfaction. Various…

I would define a humorist someone who writes in a very humorous way. Someone who is a humorist, I believe has characteristics like, they like to joke around, they are funny, they tell funny stories, and use their own interpretation of the word or words in their own way. Maybe like Barry used the word guys and men int the reading “Guys Vs. Men”. He basically defined what he thought to be a “man” was and he thought it was to a degree to show maturity. He also used the word “guy” to show that it…

Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is a 36 year old standup comedy writer and performer, she is also an actress and has been since 2009. She moved to hollywood in 2011 to have a more fulfilled career and before that she was training to get her actress degree. She was born in Australia,Sydney on march 2 1980 and has a family of 6 her mother Sue Bownds, Her father who is unidentified, and her 3 siblings Ryot Wilson, Liberty Wilson and Annachi Wilson. She has played in many rolls as an actor such as…

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…

look at the flower petal that had landed on his snout. The day was warm and bright and the humans were off to one side of the venue making fools of themselves while drinking fine wine and expensive beer. Weddings were always a cause to celebrate and while he was overjoyed that Howard had in fact married Maria he was tired of walking around and playing host. Ernesto could take care of it for a bit while he took a break. The Cinccino loved to talk and would talk to anything that was still for more…

The sitcom genre is a familiar genre that majority are familiar with 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…

“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…

Advice for Interpreters: Timing Many people have said “in humor, timing is everything.” Salvatore Attardo and Lucy Pickering (2011) test this theory to see if timing affects how people tell jokes and how those jokes are received by others. They examined if presenters paused or spoke faster when saying the 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…

the affection, and shifted himself closer. When Eren let out a small, tired laugh, Armin opened his eyes again and gazed at him. It was then Eren decided to lean forward and press a series of chaste, short kisses to Armin's face, eliciting peals of laughter from the blond. "Stop," Armin whined, feigning displeasure, and Eren laughed again…