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Books on becoming funny Anonymous Tue Oct 6 06:14:10 2020 No.16517844 [Reply] [Original]

Improving comedy, sense of humor. Both in writing and conversation.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 06:15:30 2020 No.16517849 1. Set expectations. 2. Subvert them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 06:16:24 2020 No.16517854 >>16517844 do you make jokes about poo or pee? shit is unironically pretty funny

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 06:19:13 2020 No.16517861 >>16517854 Second this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 06:24:45 2020 No.16517878 >>16517844 Read aphoristic literature like Nietzsche and Confucius because if you laugh at an aphorism you'll likely remember it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 06:25:39 2020 No.16517884 >>16517878 Lololololol. You’re a funny cunt.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 07:46:06 2020 No.16518126 >>16517849 Alternatively 1. Set expectations. 2. Deliver. 3. Exaggerate the delivery until it's funny. 4. Wait until it's not funny anymore. 5. Wait until it's funny again. 6. Wait until it's tragic and depicts the struggle of the human condition.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 10:24:35 2020 No.16518795 Being funny means being fearless. Be willing to say shit others would not dare to think of. I have no books for you. Consume funny things. Confederacy of Dunces is still the funniest novel I have read.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 10:34:20 2020 No.16518835 >>16517844 There's really no way. You can improve your delivery and confidence but unless you have the power of observation and creativity, you will be nothing more than a vulgar gorilla who makes people laugh by pointing to their butthole.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 10:45:34 2020 No.16518897 I don't ever want a shadow on my chest like that

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 10:48:34 2020 No.16518915 >>16517844 Being funny =/= being a good comedian. Once you learn how to structure sets, conquer stage freight, and have done enough schmoozing, you can be a decent comic. But not all comics are funny per se

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 12:24:43 2020 No.16519375 >>16517844 Just how books can't teach you to be social, a book can't teach you how to be funny. It's learned through actually practice.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 16:37:54 2020 No.16521078 You guys know Ricky is literally racist right??

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 16:42:03 2020 No.16521109 File: 13 KB, 394x256, 89533866_3140389656186843_256189924418519040_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16521078

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 16:42:40 2020 No.16521116 >>16521078 Based

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 16:45:59 2020 No.16521132 >>16521078 Wtf I love Ricky now!!!