![]() ![]() “Hey, Tiger,” as a greeting to the little boy. A mother came along with her-about-three-year-old boy. The pilot, with the flight attendant, was greeting passengers. Yesterday, I had just boarded an airplane and I was sitting waiting for every one to get on board. I used to love watching Candid Camera, or the Bill Cosby show where he interviewed the kids-I think Art Linkletter did it before him-because kids are the most innocent and they say things that don’t conform with the way the world is. ![]() the hardest I laugh comes from real humor. Is it how we think about our construct of society is? How a joke or new thought differs from your idea of society at the moment.Ī lot of it for me too is. It’s watching someone who is very athletic fall down on the ice. Other times it’s not conforming to they way things should be. And it is so subjective.ĭo they laugh because of surprise and an awareness of differences in what is expected as to what actually is? Everybody has a different reason for laughing. You know, there are a lot of different reasons why people laugh at things, whether it is buffoonery or intellectual comedy. When laughter comes at the expense of someone not conforming to the expected? Is there a negative aspect to humor when it falls into ridicule? Buffoonery. It allows humanity to continue on, to get along with each other it keeps people balanced. Tension, I think, is a gift for humanity. I don’t think the body is capable of surviving without having that release. There is always something that makes them laugh. I think everybody has a funny bone as far as appreciating, laughing. Is it possible for a human to have no humor? Writers rarely think about humor and how it acts to shape lives. Your perspective is unique, and with your special talents, writers will be able to see the imaginative process of a humorist at work. I’d like to take a famous individual, find out what is the essence of that person and why people are attracted to him or her, find what his or her core desire is, incorporate the core desire in a story, structure that story so it works toward an established ending. How do you live with humor? How does humor relate to being human? Second, I’d like to have you create two stories with me. I’d like to think how the feelings of the humorist and the audience interact, but avoid how to make people funny.įirst, I’d like to ask general questions about what humor is to you. You both are perfect for helping in the understanding of great story creation: you live with stories, your careers depend on imagination (so important also to writers), and you dedicate yourself to making others laugh and, essentially, feel good. Our goals today are to establish what humor is and how it relates to being human, and with the understanding of humor, determine, using your skills and experience, how writers can build better characters and tell better stories. Writers seem to find comfort in describing something they know rather than imagining story and character for maximum effect of story and character on the reader. It is a difficult art that very few writers are attempting currently, preferring to work in memoir and creative nonfiction. Literary stories evoke feelings or intellectual change in the reader. Literary fiction is dependent on structure, imagination (rather than description), meaning (enlightenment of character and the reader). I’d like to tell you about the website, that has been developed for the writers of literary fiction as a resource for learning. Kevin’s TV show series “Weeds” has just been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Kevin is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, films, and in stand up. ![]() Susan went to school at the USC film school and trained with The Groundlings in comedy. I’m here in Los Angeles on the beach just south of Malibu with comedians Susan Yeagley (SY) and Kevin Nealon (KN). Recently, he has had a lead role in the cast of “Weeds,” a Golden Globe nominee in 2009. He has starred in films and he has had many appearances on network television as a guest and in recurrent roles. No Depth Perception, the anchor of Weekend Update, and others. Subliminal, “Franz” of Hans and Franz (with Dana Carvey), and Mr. He was on Saturday Night Live for nine seasons creating memorable characters-Mr. Louis, Missouri, but grew up in Connecticut. She has worked in film and television in various distinguished roles and has hosted World’s Funniest Commercials in 20. She trained at the Groundlings in comedy where she performed stand up. She graduated Cum Laude from USC’s famed film school. Susan Yeagley was born in Nashville, Tennessee. ![]()
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