I’m fascinated by humourists, comics and comedians. There’s something about them; I sense that a talented comic has a privileged view of the human condition, a perspective unlike any other. So I feel I learn from watching them. [More on this later.]
A good comic can make you laugh by a single word or gesture. For example, all I have to do is remember John Cleese goose-stepping or saying “Manuel”, or Rowan Atkinson uttering “Baldrick” and it brings a smile to my face.
If you’re like me, then take a look at this video of Rowan Atkinson, showcased at Spiked Humour.
And while you’re at it, why not spend some time listening to this band, hosted at College Humor? I cannot get over the facial expressions.
2 responses so far ↓
1 yuriy // Feb 7, 2008 at 2:06 am
Sir, you are a Tastemaker in every sense of the word. Rock on!
2 Gregory Y // Feb 24, 2008 at 11:32 pm
The good comedy is a mastery of “lateral thinking” (the term coined in “I am right you are wrong” by Edward de Bono). It really helps to drag our minds from “comfortable” patterns of rut.
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