There are many books, articles, classes, and programs to teach you how to be funny. They all give you certain rules to follow to become the best improviser. But they fail to tell the number one rule of being funny.
You must possess a real funny bone.
You can acquire this elusive funny bone in one of two ways: (1) by being born into a funny family or (2) by finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to pay the trolls living in Narnia to use the hand of Midas to turn one of your bones into a funny one.
Only one person in the history of time has been able to follow the second path, the great Papa Smurf, therefore I must elaborate on the first path.
This “family” you are born into must possess at least 5 strong stand-up comedians, 3 avid joke tellers, 7 sarcastic people, 2 drunkards, 1 outcast, 4 drama queens, 1 really old person, 17 unicorn keepers, 1 token child, and 2 socially awkward individuals. If you have met this criteria then all you need to do is click your heels together three times and say “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.” Your funny bone will magically grow within 72 hours but you must continue to nourish it with stellar dancing or it will die.
So if you don’t have a funny family you have a 7.34695% chance of being funny. Or you can always hire a fake family like the magical ninjas from Roar Theatre to help you achieve your funny bone.
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