In an unheard of meeting of our greatest minds, intellectual groups, think tanks and renowned educators from Physicists to Philosophers to Historians and all other Disciplines of Intellectual of Studies there is Global agreement that says and I quote; “Life, in all its aspects and combinations, is just freaking unfair.” One hold out is the little known School of the Study of Absolute Fairness of Life. Their Spokeswoman and World Ambassador was quoted as saying; “Life is obviously fair. Obviously so, because those of us that are rich, beautiful and famous for nothing more than our riches and beauty have everything this World has to offer and that is only fair.” Of course we all know and respect Ambassador Paris Hilton’s comments.
That was, in my opinion, purely sarcastic. I love sarcasm, I truly do, it is a great outlet, funny as hell and I believe a very intelligent form of humor. Now, I have heard some say the opposite. They say sarcasm is the lowest form of humor, but I know better. Think of some of the most successful comedians of our day and they are masters of sarcasm. I can tell you that hearing the F-word and worse than that, hundreds of times in one set isn’t funny, it just proves you have a foul mouth. Although, I don’t mind a few F-bombs in a set, sometimes too much is just, well, too F-ing much. Comics that curse to the point of ridiculousness prove they have no mastery of the English language. That is not funny, it’s just sad and kind of gross. (How is that for mastery? I wrote gross! Funny, right?) Some sexual humor is hysterical, while more explicit sexual humor is what the people still using other decades catch phrases call T.M.I. (otherwise meaning ‘too much information’ for those over 80 and under 5). I am not a fan of overly crude women or men, for that matter. But there is something so degrading when a women uses her vaginal exploits for material. Believe me, I am no prude. I laugh hardily at a good dirty joke, even though there is most definitely an undercurrent of guilt. That has to be my Catholic upbringing. See! I can say that, because I lived it; which brings me to another dislike in humor. Those who disparage other religions or cultures. Poking fun at your own culture or religion to a point is acceptable, but annihilation of someone’s faith, culture or God is unacceptable. Talking about my Catholic guilt is much different than blaspheming Christ.
Some comedians I just do not get at all. I watch, I listen and never once even crack a smile at a punch line. To each their own, I suppose, or some of these comedians would still be working amateur night at their local comedy club in Springfield, IL. I have met people so naturally funny that by the end of our time together, I am so exhausted from laughing I need a good twelve hours of sleep. On the opposite end of the spectrum, are those who think they are funny and after every quip, one liner or humorous andictote there is nothing but awkward silence. Everyone in earshot either stares at the floor, looks around for a way to escape or has this really stupid confused expression on their face. That is agonizing. Especially when the comedic loser has no idea he’s not funny.
I personally was shocked when I almost lost my life from out of control, unable to breathe laughter at those hysterical Blue Collar Comedy guys. They are unbelievably funny in my opinion. One of the guys in particular slays me and if you read this from the beginning, I bet you can guess my favorite. I’ll give you a second…if you guessed Ron White, you win. Ron White is so funny, so quick and…wait for it…so bloody sarcastic that I laugh just thinking about his gifted countrified self. The fact that I am so oppositely urban makes no difference. Funny is just funny and I don’t care who you are (yes, that was stolen from Larry the Cable Guy). He’s pretty darn funny, too. Ron White is my guy though, I love him with every fiber of my humor.
I also love comedians that mix flawlessly sarcasm and satire. Jon Stewart and his brilliant team at the Daily Show are masters. They can make fun of guests, turn seemingly serious interviews into satirical gems and only offend most of those being interviewed much to our delight and laughter. Jon and his regulars are pure genius. Don’t forget the writers. It is the writers that give the comedians the material to show their amazing timing and delivery.
There are plenty of other funny people out there; Seth Macfarlane for one, though he does go too far for me sometimes. He killed at the Oscars though; didn’t you think he was great? I sure did and I loved that so many of the actors participated in poking fun at themselves…did you hear Seth’s song “We Saw Your Boobs”? Hysterical and every woman included by name in the song reacted perfectly pissed off. That was good stuff. Who knew Seth could sing?
The funniest thing of all is that this blog (hate that word…I’m a blogger! Whoopee! Who cares? I am a WRITER; okay feel better now), any way this written piece was to be about a completely different and very serious subject. Oh well. Whatever wants to be written will be written. Let MS Word be with you all. Better yet, may the writers be with you; behind every comic, television show and movie that makes you laugh, cry, learn something, think or just enjoy some time away from your daily lives, sit our mostly unknown, faceless and brilliant writers.
Thank you for reading my thoughts. I appreciate it more than even my words can express and I am a writer!
PJ Stuart
