Monday, April 10, 2006

Three Ways to Make Something Funnier

Is your deadline rapidly approaching and you need to make a comic piece funnier? Here's an easy solution to make something bland and normal suddenly fresh and funny: Add midgets, ninjas, and/or monkeys!
Note: Won't work for conversations. This is purely for the visual.

MIDGETS*
Why? Because little things make us laugh. Little dogs riding little cars. Little elephants. Little kids hurting themselves. Mike Myers showed comic genius when he created Mini-Me, a perfect spoof of the tiny clone in "Island of Dr. Moreau", and "Wee Man" from Jackass showed us that little people can be cool and put themselves in dumb, dangerous situations just like the rest of us. Add a little person to give a little bit of flair to your story or film.

NINJAS
Because Ninjas have Real Ultimate Power and can totally chop off a person's head at any moment's notice. They're sneaky like that.

MONKEYS
Monkeys are funny because they are so much like us. They pick their noses and pee on each other. And don't even get me started on their love affair with flinging poo at people.
Want something funnier? Put monkeys in costumes and reenact scenes from famous films.

*CBAKE's PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT*
Note that the term "midget" is today technically considered a derogatory term. "Dwarf" is used to describe a short person with disproportionate limbs, like Warwick Davis of "Willow" and "Leprechaun". The term "Little Person" is usually used to describe someone of short stature whose limbs are proportionate to the rest of his or her body, like Verne Troyer of "Austin Powers". Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!

--Cbake

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hahahaha.

xoxo Allie

8:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"So little time and so little to do." Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
"One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you." Larry Gelbart

9:40 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are you really my son? Thanks for ythe disclaimer. I thought I was going to have to call you....ha ha

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9:41 PM  

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