Comments on: Izzard runs and belly laughs

By: Deanna

Deanna — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:29:29 +0000

Ah, Monty Python. Things that surprise, incongruity, yes, Fresca, good stuff. Any more thoughts will be fun to hear. (I love the ex-parrot sketch, the cheese shop, spam, all that lot…)

By: fresca

fresca — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:13:44 +0000

Deanna! I am THRILLED to be mentioned in the same post as the most excellent Eddie Izzard. (I wouldn’t have taken him for a marathon runner…) “Cheesus” was just too funny to pass up.

I wish I could figure out what makes me laugh. Absurdity, I guess, is big. Like Monty Python’s “ex-parrot” sketch. But it’s so many things—like timing, as you say, and having a keen intelligence as the engine powering the humor (somehow this peeks through even in “stupid” skits), and of course, surprise–not the same old, same old. (I’ve noticed that in improv performances–a lot of lame sketches fall flat because they take the predicable route.) I’ll have to think more on this.

By: Deanna

Deanna — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:27:55 +0000

I don’t know about ever being blocked, per se. I’ve been stuck on an essay, usually after getting feedback and not knowing what to do with it, or if I should change anything (decisions foil me). More often, I think I’ve had “writer’s urge”, as in wanting time to write but needing to wait to do so.

You might just be referring to blogging, though, and if so, I am not one who can find pithy things to say every day. I get tons of ideas but have (mostly) learned which ones to weed out before sharing them with everybody. I’ve found a commitment to posting something at least twice a week works for me, usually on Mondays and Wednesdays. Then my brain is processing for that ahead, sort of. Is this any help?

(And thanks, Annette, for calling me prolific. I think many others fit that description better, but maybe I’m getting closer to it. :o))

By: Annette

Annette — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:03:03 +0000

Do you have a post about writers block? I would like to know because you are such a prolific writer. And I can’t get a word out today too!

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:41:26 +0000

Hi, Annette! I sure like what you’re doing on your blog. Keep having fun. :o)

By: Annette

Annette — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:21:29 +0000

Hey Deanna, three computers later I have found your website again because you commented on mine. I am looking forward to catching up on your great, insightful an of life writing.

You are a great writer and I have a lot to catch up on. Fun!

By: Deanna

Deanna — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:32:13 +0000

Good ones, Jodi. It’s all in the timing, isn’t it? :o)

By: jodi

jodi — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:08:27 +0000

an odd turn of phrase or funny bit, smack in the middle of something that wasn’t funny at all.

Terry Prachett’s discworld series is good at that.

And occasionally a really good pun, told in a completely deadpan way. :)