 Comedy: April 02, 2008 Issue [#2305] |
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Comedy through the ages
Hello to all the Comedy subscribers,
After much discussion with members on the site, I have decided to go with Comedy through the ages for this weeks' topic.
Let me first start of by going through a 'timeline' of sorts for everyone and my views on where comedy actually started and how it has changed and the differences between each generation.
Over the thousands of years we can take a look back at all different types of comedic forms including Bouffon comedy Anarchic, Parody, Romantic, Screwball, Slapstick, Improvisational, Stand-up, One-liner jokes, Sketch, Situation and the list goes on.
We read from the early ages that Comedy is derived from the Greek word originally meaning "village revel" or the village idiot/jester of the town. This is probably one of the earliest recordings of slapstick comedy mixed with stand up comedy. Whereas the jester would stand up in front of Kings and make laugh by self injury and other types of funny screwball antics.
We can see how close these old year jesters are to our modern day clowns that perform at the circus passing through or in a rodeo that turns up once a year in every town. These shows (in my view) have always been widely successful because of the performance of the clowns.
Then we move on to the other comedy like the moving pictures and Charlie Chaplin from when we first really started seeing slapstick comedy in films and television. We still have books and movies today that refer back to those times because it was classic comedy in its day. I still to this day think of Jerry Lewis as one of the great comedians of all times because of his rubber face. We can see this today with comedians like Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey.
In the seventies it was great to read comic strips such as Andy, Hagar, Andie Capp, Archie and Jugghead. If we read some of these now they may not be seen as funny because of some of the politically incorrect comments that were made. We can see this also at the same time with popular television shows like Good Times, Sanford and Son, Happy Days.
If we take a look back through the time line of comedy and things we thought were funny back then, are still funny in ways. We can still see similarities in things we laugh at today and relate it back to previous years of comedy.
I hope you all enjoyed my little trip down memory lane today and please let me know any comments or feedback.
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My picks for this month are all very funny! Please take the time to look at some of these comedy items:
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Funny Lists!
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Hello, Katherine!
For your first newsletter, it isn't too bad. The newsletter are simple and easy to understand. Your tips are very useful too! I hope your next newsletter would give us more tips. Thank you for sharing!
Cyanvia  
Congratulations Katherine on the publication of your first Newsletter.
Comedy would have to be the most difficult genre to write inasmuch as people's sense of humour can change from country to country as well as from generation to generation.
Comedy through the ages would be an interesting topic to research.
Just love your pic at the head of this Newsletter.
The "Thinking Room" is the ideal place to write that best seller!
All the best for future Newsletters.
Cheers Meg.
Meg
Huzzah! Great first newsletter, Kathy! It was funny and informative and maybe give me a bit more encouragement in writing comedic pieces. *lol*
kiyasama
Hey Kathy I really enjoyed your Comedy Newsletter - simple is best and I loved your examples of drawing comedy from real life. Thank you for the poll, too! It's a great way to look forward to possible newsletter subjects
Acme
Editor Kathy, this is a good one, your ideas and sum came thru loud & clear -- you're already a pro!!
April Sunday
Your first newsletter was great and hilarious. It also was very helpful. Thank you very much, I enjoyed reading it.
Keep up the fantastic writing!
Ashton Rose
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