They say laughter is the best medicine.
Who is they and how do they know, but I still like the sentiment. Here are a few other great quotes by some people, could be the “they”, who seem to know what they are talking about.
-Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~Victor Borge
-There is little success where there is little laughter. ~Andrew Carnegie
-The most wasted of all days is that in which we have not laughed. ~Nicolas Chamfort, translated from French
-Laughter is an instant vacation. ~Milton Berle
Here is a great site to a whole mess o’ quotes about laughter. (That’s where some of these came from)
http://www.quotegarden.com/laughter.html
I love to laugh, what about you? I love to laugh more than just about anything in the world, I think I’ve told you, I laugh to the point of snorting and I’m proud of it! and isn’t one of the all time greatest sounds the laughter of a child? So pure and innocent and real, there is nothing like it, can we bottle it?
DCM and I love to laugh together and sometimes we’re the only ones in on it or find something funny and you know what, that’s just fine with us! So, we decided to start the new year off on a good note, we were going to watch movies and laugh. We started off at a Redbox after doing some shopping and it apparently didn’t like our choices, so we turned to On Demand and Netflix, we were set!
We started with the remake of Judge Dredd, called simply Dredd, no comment, which was a violent movie, but comical in its own way at how bad it was. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/?ref_=nv_sr_1. Let’s just say, if you skip this movie, your life will not be incomplete, as much as I like Karl Urban.
Next was Stand Up Guys staring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin, what a movie! A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment – to kill his comrade. It was a little slow going at first, but you totally got into it and these three guys, wow. It wasn’t an entire laugh riot, but if you have our sense of humor, you’d be laughing. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389096/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5
This morning, before DCM got up, I watch The Guilt Trip with Barbara Streisand and Seth Rogan, I loved it! There were a few times I got choked up because Barbara Streisand still favors my mom, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1694020/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4. The movie was funny and touching and hit home a little and I laughed and laughed and laughed. A good way to start the new year!
One of the things we both love is listening to comedy at a club, on the radio, xm radio, slacker.com and pandora.com, we could listen for hours. And one thing we have in common is the large number of comedy albums we have, most of mine are on cassette tape! and most of his are CD.
After that we were looking for something else and decided it was comedian central! We looked for a comedian and the first one, Russell Howard, didn’t do it for us. Sometimes it’s difficult when the comedians are from other countries and make reference to TV shows, etc that don’t make sense to us.
Then I introduced DCM to Russell Peters, a great comedian from Brampton, Canada. Russell Peters is a comedian I have liked for a long time, he is Indian and a lot of his comedy is about almost any ethnicity, he’s an incredible mimic with accents and tells it like it is, poking a little fun at different stereotypes but never in a malicious way. When DCM and I still worked at Stratix, the majority of the team were Indians and were quite familiar with Russell Peters. http://www.russellpeters.com
We started last night and continued today with the four specials Netflix had: Notorious, The Green Card Tour, Russell Peters vs The Word and Red, White and Brown. He uses some choice language, so if you are offended, you are forewarned.
Next was John Pinette: I’m Starvin’ and Still Hungry. This is a very funny man! He is a “healthy” individual and a lot of his standup revolves around food, his love of it and things a man his size cannot/shouldn’t do, among other very funny things. He uses very little profanity in his show, he is very funny and I recommend him highly. I saw him at the Punchline in Atlanta and have a picture with him!
http://johnpinette.com
Next was one of my favorites, Lisa Lampanelli, the self proclaimed comedy’s lovable “The Queen of Mean”. We watched Tough Love. I must warn you that she is a very foul mouthed comic, so if you are offended by bad language, stay away! She goes after everyone, every race, nationality, religion, sexuality, equal opportunity. She takes the stereotypes to a whole new level and I love it/her! The people who go to see Lisa Lampanelli know what they are in for, very few people are surprised.
Lisa Lampanelli is most famous for her stints on Comedy Central’s Friars Roast, where insults are the common theme. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central_Roast
I got to see her 8/9/2008, I only know the date because it was after LD’s 8/8/8 party. I love my picture with Lisa too!
http://www.insultcomic.com
DCM wasn’t impressed with Mike Birbiglia, it was ok, but I usually just hear snipits on the radio and in small doses, he’s funny. John Caparulo was a wash as well, in small doses on xm radio, not bad. He just sounds like a frat boy not sure which way is up. Aziz Ansari, who we both usually like didn’t cut it today.
The next few comedians were a hit! And three were on Last Comic Standing. It’s a reality show that is a competition to see who the best comic is in America, basically at the end, they are the last comic standing. Some seasons had comedians who are already successful in the industry, three of the next few comics were all part of the show and all were winners!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Comic_Standing
Iliza Shlesinger, winner of the sixth season of Last Comic a Standing in 2008 was too funny for words! She was all over the place, slightly manic, reminded us a bit of Dane Cook. Not a clean comic, but not offensive, definitely a winner! “War Paint” was the name of tonight’s episode.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Shlesinger
Josh Blue was he winner of Last Comic Standing, season four, 2006. He’s a very funny indivual, he has cerebral palsy and works it into his act with perfection. He did say “Laughter is the best medicine…what happened? Doesn’t seem to be working for me!” He is funny whether he talks about cp or every day stuff. We watched “Sticky Change” tonight, where he revealed that he was born in Camaroon, which makes him African American and away he went. I recommend this comedian highly!
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Next was none other than Lewis Black, “American comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He is known for his angry face, comedy style, which often includes simulating a mental breakdown, or an increasingly angry rant, ridiculing history, politics, religion, trends and cultural phenomena.” I don’t think I could have said it any better, so I copied from someone else!
He makes us laugh in a big way, check him out if you haven’t already!
http://lewisblack.com
The last comic we watched was Alonzo Bodden: Who’s Paying Attention? He was winner of season three for Last Comic Standing. He is funny and very matter of at act, this last performance, “Who’s paying Attention” told it like it is and made you laugh while he did it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Bodden
What a great way to start the new year…laughing, I think that is a very good sign!
Peaches Prattlings 