comedy
Humor and comedy from all geeky fandoms.
Laughter is the Best Medicine
I've been trying to make people laugh since I was four years old. My first heroes were comedians, starting with Jerry Lewis, Don Knotts, Tim Conway, and Robin Williams. I loved watching Happy Days, Mork & Mindy, Three's Company, Taxi, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. I was even a fan of lesser known sitcoms such as Bosom Buddies (starring Tom Hanks), Duck Factory (starring Jim Carrey), Ace Crawford: Private Eye (starring Tim Conway), It's Your Move (starring Jason Bateman) and Sledge Hammer! As I got older I watched Cheers, Night Court, and Seinfeld. I'm sure I could list over a hundred sitcoms that I've enjoyed throughout my life.
By Keggercast5 years ago in Geeks
5 Takeaways From Bo Burnham's 'Inside'
Welcome to the internet, come take a seat. This weekend (Memorial Day 2021), Bo Burnham, who had previously said that he wouldn’t be doing comedy or stand up anymore, released a Netflix special. It’s called Inside, and was filmed over the past year in quarantine. The special is self-shot, written, and produced by Burnham and chronicles the mental and emotional ups a downs of the year. For those of us who are Bo fans, this was a day we thought would never come. And while 8th Grade, and Promising Young Woman were *chef's kiss* masterpieces in their own right, there is something about a Bo Burnham comedy special that gives us the feels; happy, sad, ironic, or otherwise. Inside does little bit of them all, while always making us think. Here are a few of those thoughts.
By Emily McCay5 years ago in Geeks
Such Is Life
It's been days and I still haven't heard from her. No one has. She isn't returning any of my calls or my texts. Michelle hasn't either. She said that Venus left in the middle of the night or very early morning before she or Janet had woken up the next day. Her mom said that she came home and packed a bag and was going to be gone for a bit - to clear her head. Working overnights, I don't get to see her at work. Guess she hasn't been there. I'm concerned. Why would she just up an-
By Dwan L Hearn5 years ago in Geeks
All Members Rise
In my life I have been a member of several organizations like 4-H, Co-operative Groups, Farm Associations, Teacher Organizations, Hockey clubs, Baseball teams and Social Media groups. I have belonged to Book clubs and Record clubs. I have been a card-carrying member of my favored political party for over 50 years. However, the most “memberable” groups to which I have ever belonged are the one’s that didn’t take me seriously as a member. What I mean by that , is that I was seriously a member of a few Comedy groups, clubs and organizations in which I never had to be serious while being a member. Groucho Marx once stated that, “He would never want to be a member of a club that would accept him as a member.” Comedy clubs are like that – if you are serious about being a member of the group, then you can’t be a serious member. Seriously!!!
By John Oliver Smith5 years ago in Geeks
Such Is Life
My father. I don't know him. Admittedly, I don't even think about it. It's not like he was there and left. He never existed. I've heard all kinds of stories about him and, as a kid, I believed them. That is, until I watched TV and realized exactly how crazy my mom was. I was about nine when I was watching some old show on TV with my grandpa. I pointed to the screen at the guy Mom said was my dad. I was proudly imitating the guy, mimicking all his moves. By the time I paused long enough to see Grandpa's face, the look of disapproval was apparent. I froze dead in my tracks and my eyes started to well up. His eyes did too.
By Dwan L Hearn5 years ago in Geeks
Such Is Life
Ah! Finally, some peace and relaxation! The inside of the car is one of the only places in all of Kingston I feel calm. Kingston isn’t exactly known for conventional thinking. The most unconventional place in town is Waterman’s General Store and the locals are incredibly loyal to the Watermans. Here, Waterman’s is the premier store in town and was even able to run Walmart out of town. Seriously!
By Dwan L Hearn5 years ago in Geeks
My first computer
Being from an Indian middle class family, I realized at a very young age that I always had an innate fascination with computers. I specifically remember one incident from my 2nd standard (year 2002) when my father was posted in a far off place as a part of his service in Indian Air Force. My mother asked me to write a letter to father in which after exchanging some regular pleasantries I immediately jumped to the part of demanding a computer. It took 4 years for this demand to materialize and I still remember the feeling of butterflies in my stomach when my father finally went to buy a computer. My first computer was an assembled one with modest 256 MB RAM and 80 GB hard disk. While the computer was being set up by an engineer I was unable to contain my excitement and was ready to pounce on my PC at the slightest opening to do so. But disappointment took over me when after assembling & setting it up the engineer has to take away the mouse to test it on some other device. But the curiosity got the better of me as I just saw it as a challenge and learned to operate it by pressing every key from the keyboard and few commands that we had learnt in school. This first interaction later blossomed into an unspoken but caring relationship between us. I remember the days when I got really worried when my PC got overheated due to continuously running games. So the bottom line is : I developed a very strong and emotional connection with my computer and no one told me it was weird to do so.
By Pranjul Tyagi5 years ago in Geeks
Such Is Life
Such Is Life: Episode I By Dwan L. Hearn I knew better! Dammit, I knew better. The moment I got up this morning I felt it - Today was going to suck. THE moment I woke up this morning I knew it was going to be a bad day. At 5 o'clock this morning, my alarm went off and I jammed my finger hitting the snooze button. It was only after this that I realized that it was the alarm on my phone that was going off NEXT to my alarm clock. It didn't make any sense for my alarm clock to be going off anyway. I rarely use it. But you got to give me a break. I was literally awake for, like, 1.8 seconds. I was still trying to process the dream I had. I was on an island attempting to repair a boat so I could sail away from the big storm that was about to start. I know. Doesn't make sense to me either. Why would I be fixing a boat, on an island, to get away from a storm? I'm still going to get rained on and it'd just fill the boat. I know... weird.
By Dwan L Hearn5 years ago in Geeks
Frank Reynold's Funniest Quotes
For this list, I've decided not to give any context and just tell you guys what I think are the funniest quotes from It's Always Sunny's Favorite business man, Frank Reynolds. I know that there's so many more lines and there's just way too many episodes to choose from, but this is why I've decided to do an additional list soon. These quotes are from Season 2 when he first appears to Season 10. I may have skipped a few seasons, but this was a quick one, but do enjoy and even go watch a few epsisodes. I’d also like to add that some of these quotes are a bit longer, but I wanted to leave them as non-contextual as I possibly could. Which is why some of these may some really random and that’s just cause I’m trying to prompt you readers to go watch some of the episodes. Also, if you’ve made it this far, you don’t need to keep reading, but what sucks about this is that I’ve got to write up to 600 words, let’s turn that 600 into a six hundred. Yeah, that’s smarter. So anyways, just skip all this, you don’t need it. Go read some random Frank quotes. Not this boring thing where for some reason you keep reading. Go! Now! To the list! Geez, how many times do I have to emphasize for you to skip all these words and just go straight to list below with the funny gifs. Alright, I guess I’m done. Also, leave a tip if you thought it was funny. If you don’t, at least leave me a like if you’ve gotten this far, I’d actually really appreciate it. See, I need the money, and as you can see, I’ve sunk pretty low. So if you’ve gotten a Starbucks today, do leave at least a dollar tip. It’d make my day, and I’d be a dollar richer. Stay safe everyone from COVID, and get that vaccine already. Geez, what are you waiting for? A personalized note just for you? Well here it is, go get it. Ok now I’m really done, don’t forget to skip the part at the bottom too.
By Grace Guzman5 years ago in Geeks
Pirate Points and Dashed Dreams
Does it feel sometimes like you're just sailing through life? You know that restless urge to do something, whatever it is, just so that you don't have that all at sea feeling in your gut? There is constantly so much hullabaloo around, whether it is the phones, the coworkers, the projects, the distractions, my mind all at sea. No matter how much you research what it means to meditate, to make your life shipshape, it seems like life just pushes straight past you and leads in a different direction. Like a broken compass. This work is essential. It is the mast that holds up my sail, that will get me to where I need to be. But you are by and large feeling like you're stuck in high and dry, wanting to stop and breath in the salty air, to paddle in the untame sea. Yet what happens? The shrieking eels come all too quickly and you become a rat trying to desert a sinking ship.
By Hannah Marie. 5 years ago in Geeks
