Humor and Entertainment

Portraits and photos are so passe! For your fun side to liven up, use caricature!

An article about the “Funny Business”, the history of stand-up comedy in America. CEO’s in the business of funny, class clowns take note! Know your audience, then ignore their advice: The Comedians Path.

My preoccupation with buttons has given way to a much larger and fully realized tragedy. Today I battled one on one with a much more serious enemy. That would be my pants.

This week, the new numbers came out, and wow! The president’s approval number is now 5.29.9, and gas is at 41%… of your life savings. And they’ve stopped putting a number on unemployment – the Bureau of Labored Statistics is simply calling it “dang near all y’all”….

OH NO! My Dog Just Humped My Boss’ Leg – You are hosting a professional dinner for your office. Your boss, clients, and co-workers are in attendance.

The simple words “Meet you at the flagpole” still sends shivers down my spine. We are instructed as children by our parents, teachers, or other adults that “violence solves nothing,” yet we often experience that “to the victor go the spoils.” This contradiction is not helped by the inane nursery rhymes we are taught. “Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words can never harm us.” All it really informs us is that the combatant that arrives with a stick or a stone is going to win that argument. Even the “Good Book” tells us how David wouldn’t have walked away whistling a happy tune if he hadn’t brought that slingshot along.

There is something in guys that drives them towards “adventure”, drives them towards action. There is something, and thank god it is there, that causes us to go “what if?” when dissecting a situation.

Okay so, the Pope has the Pope Mobile, it is bullet proof in case god forgets to protect him I guess, who knows maybe god might get angry over the “B-Movie” cheap costume attire some of those in his entourage wear? I would. Anyway, many important people have specialty cars to parade around in.

Want a simple way to learn how to write comedy? Here is an example I use in my comedian classes in Burbank where I teach students how to be comedian.

The following is a fictionalized interview with the President. In the interview, he responds to questions that are on the minds and tongues of American citizens from Coast to Coast. Identification of the President is withheld to protect the myth he has created about himself.