Right! After having survived everything that 2020 has thrown at us, including that ridiculous Debate last night, isn't it a good idea to seek and enjoy a good laugh?
The following may or may not generate a good laugh; humor is famously fickle in the mind of the beho-ho-holder. But give it all a chance and there just might be something here that makes life worth living again...
We begin with something I saw this morning. While it may not be laugh-inducing, it really is a fantastic picker-upper:
The Best Thing You'll See All Day
That was entirely too heart-warming. Let's move on to the more cynical, satirical realm of The Onion. In the spirit of surviving this awful year, here is their breaking news report on America taking a five minute break, headlined "Nation To Take Five":
https://www.theonion.com/nation-to-take-five-1845208368
"At press time, the nation announced its plan to delay a couple more minutes until everyone was back."
Brevity is the soul of wit.
For another taste of Onion humor, here is their interview with a grumpy ceiling smoke detector:
"Smoke Alarm Sick Of Being Yelled At For Doing Its Job"
And then there is this hard-news article that examines how Mail Boxes are being sold online to Trump supporters. Oh, it's not real. It's just The Onion. Or is it?
Trump Online Store Begins Selling Decommissioned USPS Mailboxes So Fans Can Own A Piece Of History
A long-time Daily Kibitz favorite is this website:
There are hundreds of one-minute great groaners here. Check out this one as an example:
Old Jews Telling Jokes: "A Good Time"
Here's another website that has aggregated thousands of jokes and categorized them for your convenience. They are mostly awful, but once in a while one clicks:
Okay, enough already on the creaky joke format. Here are some really silly examples of modern cartoon humor, compliments of The Nib:
Yes, it's been a tough year. And now that some book stores have re-opened, they are rolling with the punches:
Not the Green Party, not the Libertarian Party, not even the Democratic Socialists of America. It's the Dread Pirate Robert Party:
Here's a fun twitter account that is composed of ridiculous, specious and stupid assertions people make about what is legal and what is not:
"My Cousin Vinny" is filled with lots of Bad Legal Takes...
The other day I came upon the Clickhole website. I believe it's an off-shoot of The Onion, although I'm unsure. Regardless, there is plenty of funny. Here is a video that is quite stupid, but it got me laughing out loud:
"The First Time I Drank Gatorade"
Another long-time favorite here at The Daily Kibitz is the website "Pictures Of Walls". It features hundreds of photos of, well, mostly outdoor walls that are decorated with mostly hilarious graffiti. Try it:
Finally, we leave you with a nod back to the classics. When I was a wee lad, I recall watching this movie on the ol' black and white TV. It was so odd and surreal, yet my nine-year-old mind accepted it and found the great humor in it all. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Laurel and Hardy attempting to move a piano across a spindly rope bridge over a deep mountain chasm and encountering... a gorilla.
They don't make 'em like that anymore. Anyway, hope you found a laugh or two with this post!!
2 comments:
Thanks very much for the mention of The Laughline.
Yes I know most of the jokes are terrible and incredibly old too.
However I do believe groaning exercises as many facial muscles as laughing does, so we are doing our part in keeping the world fit.
Wow, Mike, you have hit a new high. Thank you!!!
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