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re: Who Or What Helped Form Your Sense Of Humor?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 8:48 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 2/5/26 at 8:48 am to Mizz-SEC
My dad had a sharp observational wit & quick comebacks in conversations giving him a charismatic abilty to command a room, even though it was only a living room, restaurant table or wedding reception foyer. I always wanted to be like him, and some friends might even say I'm also living-room/water-cooler funny.
However, the comedians I belly-laughed/teared-up/couldn't-breathe at the most were the ones that expressed some variation of explosive anger or slow-burn frustration in guys like Jackie Gleason, Sam Kinison, Bill Burr, Louie CK, George Carlin, Ricky Gervais, etc. I have none of that in my humor with friends. So my humor & my sense of humor are totally different.
However, the comedians I belly-laughed/teared-up/couldn't-breathe at the most were the ones that expressed some variation of explosive anger or slow-burn frustration in guys like Jackie Gleason, Sam Kinison, Bill Burr, Louie CK, George Carlin, Ricky Gervais, etc. I have none of that in my humor with friends. So my humor & my sense of humor are totally different.
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Posted on 2/5/26 at 8:52 am to Mizz-SEC
George Carlin, Jonathon Winters, Stephen Wright, 3 Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Groucho Marx, Cheech and Chong, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Johnny Carson, me.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 8:58 am to Mizz-SEC
Seinfeld
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:01 am to Mizz-SEC
Cartoons, comedians, and girls love funny shite.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:14 am to liquid rabbit
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The Three Stooges, Mad magazine, Monty Python
Forgot Mad magazine.
On a side note, Johnny Bench also helped form my opinions of what a great catcher looks like.
See you in the baseball threads, rabbit.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:17 am to Mizz-SEC
Search For the Holy Grail, Steven Wright, Seinfeld, Blazing Saddles
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:41 am to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:46 am to Mizz-SEC
I’m not sure. I never met one of my grandfathers - my dad’s side of the family always loved to laugh.
When I was little kid I used to tell my family homemade jokes - they were never funny.
But they asked, are the homemade?
Yes they were homemade
They said we could tell - and we all laughed.
Good family times
When I was little kid I used to tell my family homemade jokes - they were never funny.
But they asked, are the homemade?
Yes they were homemade
They said we could tell - and we all laughed.
Good family times
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:46 am to Bard
Saturday cartoons mostly. my dad (b.1936) was a fan of Abbott & Costello and the Sunday funny papers so humor was not discouraged. he was NOT a fan of sitcoms in general. but I still watched a ton of stupid stuff growing up.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:55 am to Mizz-SEC
My Dad. He ventriloquist shows with dead bodies before he buried them in the backyard.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 9:56 am to Mizz-SEC
I’ve never really thought about this before. But I’d have to say spending 4 years of my youth in England (Air Force brat here). I got exposed to British humor- you know, dry and broad intermingled. That probably did more than anything else to shape my sense of humor.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:04 am to Mizz-SEC
Parents and Father’s family line, in particular.
Laugh, laugh laugh. From S LA. First time leaving state, discovered most places don’t laugh, laugh, laugh.
HS buddy and then college roommate also laugh laugh laughs. We would spend many hours watching Eddie Murphy Raw et al until we could not breathe.
Laugh, laugh laugh. From S LA. First time leaving state, discovered most places don’t laugh, laugh, laugh.
HS buddy and then college roommate also laugh laugh laughs. We would spend many hours watching Eddie Murphy Raw et al until we could not breathe.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:08 am to Mizz-SEC
Dumb shite that has either happened to me or I put myself through in my 45 years.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:12 am to Mizz-SEC
Parents with sharp wits and an entire family of cut ups and jokesters. I also think people around my age developed a bit of a biting sense of humor from growing up in the 90s and then coming of professional age during the financial crisis.
The 90s to early 2000s was the peak of humor without considering feelings before it all came crashing down for a bit. We got a lot of material growing up. Kids today are getting some of that back, which is exciting.
Eta
Being the youngest of 4 kids, with 2 gen x and 2 millennials probably had a lot to do with it as well. I learned self deprication the hard way.
The 90s to early 2000s was the peak of humor without considering feelings before it all came crashing down for a bit. We got a lot of material growing up. Kids today are getting some of that back, which is exciting.
Eta
Being the youngest of 4 kids, with 2 gen x and 2 millennials probably had a lot to do with it as well. I learned self deprication the hard way.
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 10:13 am
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:20 am to GRTiger
Don Rickles and Archie Bunker.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:27 am to Mizz-SEC
I went to a lot of funerals as a kid.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:28 am to Mizz-SEC
I really don't know.
I was ALWAYS in trouble in school for cracking jokes and speaking out in class.
Report Cards were notated accordingly.
I was ALWAYS in trouble in school for cracking jokes and speaking out in class.
Report Cards were notated accordingly.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:28 am to Mizz-SEC
From my Dad who was a big Chevy Chase fan. Always a lot of one liners and dry comebacks.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:34 am to Mizz-SEC
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Certain comedians
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TV shows
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 10:50 am
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:50 am to Mizz-SEC
Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy combined with being in the military.
I know all 657 definitions of the word “frick”.
I know all 657 definitions of the word “frick”.
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