HOW TO BE FUNNY AND ADD HUMOUR

I searched through Wikipedia for optical illusions. Wikipedia is great because the work is free to copy.

Are you a big fan of this blog? Fan My prop? A big fan. Pun on a physical fan and a fan as supporter. i thought I would explain that in case any one of my two readers speaks Swahili or Vietnamese. You just never know nowadays, who your friends are o Facebook. I often get friend requests from people who speak no English. Their posts are all in a foreign script of a language I don't recognize. If you don't have a prop, create one. Look around the building. Entertain and surprise. The laughs may come when you least expect them. Just keep exaggerating. The audience may contribute.Ask them. Photo by Vin7474. In Wikipedia on optical illusions. How did I remember his name? He must have had a glass of wine, vin as the French say. He flew on a 747 but he got as far as 74 and knew something had to be repeated. If you have children or grandchildren, their toys will provide great props. Look for anything very large, or very small, or animated, or that makes a soun...

The leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. Photo by vin7474. I mistyped his name as Viv. I now have it right.  I heard he pushed the tower upright. The Tourist board was very angry. They demanded that he put it back the way he found it. Size Matters Your arms and legs in the foreground appear larger than objects far away. So you can make your feet or hands or face look bigger neareer the camera. Whatever is in the background looks smaller. Leaning Buildings And Super-Strong Humans A classic optical illusion in France is of yourself or your friend leaning towards the Eiffel Tower with your right hand up, appearing to be supporting it like a flying buttress. In Italy the same photographic trick is popular with the The Leaning Tower of Pisa. You could do the same with any tall tower or building, even your hotel, or your own home, or a wall inside your home. Another trick would be to hold a small pet or puppet so that it appears to be on top of a building in the distanc...

Comedian Harold Lloyd laughing Do you struggle to remember names? Americans are good at remembering names. They repeat your name three times. Chinese names are unfamiliar to English speakers. I use words associations to help me remember names. Chinese names start with the family name, which might be Tan, Toh (pronounced toe or tow), or Lim (pronunced Limb), Lye (prounced lie or lye), Rong. How can I resist making an amused comment to somebody called Rong Fang? Word association can also be used deliberately to create a humorous effect. As a stand up comedian, or a toastmasters of the day (or master of ceremonies) you can prepare jokes in advance when interacting with the audience as a warm up act. You can have prepared punchlines which you add to any personal name, or place name. 1 Humour with business names 2 Humour with initials 3 Humour with place names Road sign marking the end of the village of  Y  in the  Somme   département ,  France...

Edinburgh Festival. The fringe. Before Covid19 every year you would hear the jokes from the Edinburth Festival, held in Scotland, UK. Other festivals of comedy were held in Australia and Asia and the USA. Maybe we can all attend these in 2021. Meanwhile, time to start exploring our favourite jokes. When I went on a standup comedy course organized by Amused Moose in London, I heard about shows at the Edinburgh Festival. The cost of hiring a room in a pub can be expensive and you need lots of flyers and publicity to get your money back. Many shows are supposedly free but they pass a hat for contributions. The cost of hiring the room is not usually down to one individual, unless they are world famous, but shared by up to 20 or more participants in the sketches. The cost could be borne by a sponsor, such as a school or college or students union. What about street theatre? We saw one great act. As we approached the crowd the one man performing rushed up to me and shouted, ...

First find your joke. That's easy. Can you speak another language? Can you find a stooge, a puppet, an animal, or a member of the audience as a plant? HATS & PROPS & Maps Change hats to show which language you are speaking. Or carry a flag or umbrella. If you are on zoom you can have a picture of an audience laughing, or import your own canned laughter. 1 Look up jokes and tell them about yourself or a prominent member of the audience - with their permission. 2 Find a humorous song. It doesn't matter if you sing flat. Exaggerate your bad singing and this will make it funnier. 3 Find a serious song and write a parody. Not anything which might offend. Note national events and the audience. Eg Happy birthday could be happy funeral. 4 Find humorous poems, limericks and couplets. Make up your own. 5 Prolong the joke. (See President Kennedy and German below under Germany.) American Pick presidents such as Bush. Reagan. Trump. Humorous pe...

If you can't think of anything funny, quote a famous person. Quote them long enough, and you'll get the hang of it. Mostly you reverse an idea. Alphabetically by surname A JOHN ADAMS, PRESIDENT, USA ”In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.” JANE AUSTEN It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a fortune must be in want of a wife. B LUCILLE BALL You see much more of your children once they leave home. VICTOR BORGE (Danish Comedian.) Santa has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. CHARLOTTE BRONTE The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad. C JIMMY CARTER, US PRESIDENT My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. Now, when people wave at me, they use all their fingers. DALE CARNEGIE Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Charlie Chaplin. Wikimedia. Photo author P D Jankens. C ...