Image via Wikipedia This is a blog about Using Humor, so at the risk of spoiling what mystery there is, here is some of the background that went into the last post Happy Birthday, Scofflaw. Please read it first. We’ll wait…. OK, Ready? Here is the truth behind the post: I really have taken 14 [...]
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How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?
Today we address one of those things that is so obvious, I forget it all the time. Practice. That’s the answer to the old vaudeville joke in the title and a key to using humor. Practice. I have been guilty of thinking that new material can make a difference, but even the best material fails [...]
The Pause That Refreshes
jack Benny mage via Wikipedia Mugger: “Don’t make a move, this is a stick-up! Now, come on. Your money or your life! ………………. Look, bud! I said your money or your life!” Jack Benny: “I’m thinking it over!” —-From Jack Benny’s radio program. We are writers, for the most part, and we spend a lot [...]
