Recently, Ettarose made a comment about the difficulty in making YHBT humor work later on, after the event. If you have ever ended a story with tears in your eyes from laughing, only to find a blank look from your audience.. and then claimed “you had to be there.” Then you understand her frustration. Most [...]
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There’s Gold in Them Thar Ills!
Kahil Gibran the Persian author of The Prophet, wrote, “Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.” Mel Brooks had a slightly different take, “Tragedy is when I get a papercut. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole.” William Shakespeare [...]
