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    Comic Disclosure

    For the record, this is using the hope that this is another "sphere alliance" thread as CLICK BAIT... Gotcha

    It has been noted that sometimes writers attempt to be funny and are taken to mean they are serious. However, serious topics are always the funniest> Why IS that? I watched a funny (and recommended) series The Marvelous Mrs Maisel which was so funny to me because it was OBVIOUSLY tapping into intimate experiences that some one has had (even if not me)......


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmwkTrW4OQ


    By the way here is the first episode for any still lucky enough to have it still ahead of them to watch:


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_dGfLxHv1o


    This thread is for all who feel they are misunderstood when they try to be funny. Whatever you post will be taken as an attempt to make someone's day happy through laughter. Say this after me: The hilarious is often too close to true to be tolerated if we think it's about us. We are tolerant because we know how funny WE ARE.
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    Humor does NOT have to be original.... apparently the world of comedy is built from stolen material....

    Just for a refresher about humor, there are various modes

    20 Types and Forms of Humor
    By Mark Nichol
    Humor comes in many flavors, any of which may appeal to one person but not to another, and which may be enjoyed in alternation or in combination. Here are names and descriptions of the varieties of comic expression:

    1. Anecdotal: Named after the word anecdote (which stems from the Greek term meaning “unpublished”); refers to comic personal stories that may be true or partly true but embellished.

    2. Blue: Also called off-color, or risque (from the French word for “to risk”); relies on impropriety or indecency for comic effect. (The name probably derives from the eighteenth-century use of the word blue to refer to morally strict standards — hence the phrase “blue laws” to refer to ordinances restricting certain behavior on the Sabbath).
    A related type is broad humor, which refers to unrestrained, unsubtle humor often marked by coarse jokes and sexual situations.

    3. Burlesque: Ridicules by imitating with caricature, or exaggerated characterization. The association with striptease is that in a bygone era, mocking skits and ecdysiastic displays were often on the same playbills in certain venues.

    4. Dark/Gallows/Morbid: Grim or depressing humor dealing with misfortune and/or death and with a pessimistic outlook.

    5. Deadpan/Dry: Delivered with an impassive, expressionless, matter-of-fact presentation.

    6. Droll: From the Dutch word meaning “imp”; utilizes capricious or eccentric humor.

    7. Epigrammatic: Humor consisting of a witty saying such as “Too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words.” (Not all epigrams are humorous, however.) Two masters of epigrammatic humor are Benjamin Franklin (as the author of Poor Richard’s Almanackand Oscar Wilde.

    8. Farcical: Comedy based on improbable coincidences and with satirical elements, punctuated at times with overwrought, frantic action. (It, like screwball comedy — see below — shares many elements with a comedy of errors.) Movies and plays featuring the Marx Brothers are epitomes of farce. The adjective also refers to incidents or proceedings that seem too ridiculous to be true.

    9. High/highbrow: Humor pertaining to cultured, sophisticated themes.

    10. Hyperbolic: Comic presentation marked by extravagant exaggeration and outsized characterization.

    11. Ironic: Humor involving incongruity and discordance with norms, in which the intended meaning is opposite, or nearly opposite, to the literal meaning. (Not all irony is humorous, however.)

    12. Juvenile/sophomoric: Humor involving childish themes such as pranks, name-calling, and other immature behavior.

    13. Mordant: Caustic or biting humor (the word stems from a Latin word meaning “to bite”). Not to be confused with morbid humor (see above).

    14. Parodic: Comic imitation often intended to ridicule an author, an artistic endeavor, or a genre.

    15. Satirical: Humor that mocks human weaknesses or aspects of society.

    16. Screwball: Akin to farce in that it deals with unlikely situations and responses to those situations; distinguished, like farcical humor, by exaggerated characterizations and episodes of fast-paced action.

    17. Self-deprecating: Humor in which performers target themselves and their foibles or misfortunes for comic effect. Stand-up comedian Rodney Dangerfield was a practitioner of self-deprecating humor.

    18. Situational: Humor arising out of quotidian situations; it is the basis of sitcoms, or situation comedies. Situational comedies employ elements of farce, screwball, slapstick, and other types of humor.

    19. Slapstick: Comedy in which mock violence and simulated bodily harm are staged for comic effect; also called physical comedy. The name derives from a prop consisting of a stick with an attached piece of wood that slapped loudly against it when one comedian struck another with it, enhancing the effect. The Three Stooges were renowned for their slapstick comedy.

    20. Stand-up: A form of comedy delivery in which a comic entertains an audience with jokes and humorous stories. A stand-up comedian may employ one or more of the types of humor described here.https://www.dailywritingtips.com/20-...orms-of-humor/

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    High/highbrow: Humor pertaining to cultured, sophisticated themes.

    Would an example of that be an excerpt from "Happy Days" when Fonzie went to a sophisticated ball and when caught double dipping a chip...One of the sophisticates said, "How gauche!" and Fonzie replied pretty good, how gauche it with you!.... hoo hoo...
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    I thought this was a comic rip on Cosmic Disclosure...

    ...much to my disappointment...

    ...but the Fonzie joke made it worth it.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dumpster Diver View Post
    I thought this was a comic rip on Cosmic Disclosure...

    ...much to my disappointment...

    ...but the Fonzie joke made it worth it.
    A (funny?) riff on Cosmic Disclosure may be up to you unless you are satisfied by giving CG and DW rights to the meaning?



    Look here for material to make your own comic disclosure http://www.zamandayolculuk.com/html-2/ufodrawings.htm

    Here's something CG can't top





    "Joe Simonton watched a UFO land in his farmyard near Eagle river. A human like alien handed him a jug and gestured for water. In return he was given four small pancakes before they departed. On examination by researchers they were found to be made of terrestrial ingredients and tasted like cardboard. There was much publicity and Simonton regretted telling anybody about it." (Ilustration by Michael Buhler.)

    sounds suspiciously like CG here but where was he in 1976?


    Giant Aliens Floating In Crystal UFO Sphere Encounter


    Giant humanoids - Canary Isles, June 22 1976.

    some oldies but goodies









    GOT TO have cats

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    It's not very comic, but it's cool.

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    Calvin had some alien encounters:

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    Quote Originally posted by Maggie View Post
    Especially for fans of Joe Rogan


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO74UXpRU4w
    that's hilarious...I was a little disappointed about the 'fake' thing though ...
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    Rachel Brosnahan, who plays Mrs Maisel, was on Mark Maron's podcast.

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    In 2003 a movie "The Room" premiered and the audience was completely over come with horrified belly laughter. The amount of laughter generated was astounding. What was horribly bad about the movie made it camp. They were the first audience to laugh hysterically but not the last. It may be the worst movie ever made but it still plays at midnight in some theaters and people treat it like a happening with costume and yell out the lines. The producer, writer, directer and star is a man named Tommy Wiseau. He financed it himself. It initially grossd 1800 or 1900 on opening but has since recouped his investment of 6 million.


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9cB0TjfIkM


    The reason I heard of this film is because the story behind it is now a movie. It's called "The Disaster Artist". It's really an old fashioned story of success


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMKX2tE5Luk


    Tommy Wiseau may be Polish and was naturalized as a US citizen when he came to live with relatives in Louisiana. He may have changed his name and travelled and later made a HUGE fortune selling jeans and jackets in the 70's and 80's in his business (he still owns the building) near Fisherman's Wharf in San Franscisco. He may be about 62 now. But no one will get verification from him. I listened to some interviews with him and he is about as absurd and seemingly confidently mad as I have ever seen. He seems suspiciously "other" worldly. Some have wondered if he is one of the ETs living earthside?

    To me Tommy is an incredible example of being a genius at being original. He also espouses a sincere love for the US as a land of opportunity where people can make their dreams happen. He made real this sincere belief.

    Any wins along the Oscar trail belong to the Francos and their team, but in a roundabout way, they'll belong, if only in spirit, to Wiseau as well. The Room is his, and his alone. Midnight movie marauders might adore it. Comedians might be transfixed by it. Franco might see it as the story he was born to tell. But nobody other than Wiseau can claim any real ownership over The Room, and nobody other than Wiseau can claim credit for the phenomenon of its ever-increasing popularity.https://www.thrillist.com/entertainm...isaster-artist
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