I just finished the Kindle book PLANET FUNNY by Ken Jennings
(Yep, the Jeopardy host).
Before getting into what I read I would first like to
explain that as I age I am getting a short attention span. It is very hard for me to read a whole page
without a paragraph indent to give me a pause or break. Ken’s PLANET FUNNY goes pages after pages of
not having a paragraph break. I drove me
nuts.
As we know from JEOPARDY Ken Jennings is very easy going and
knowledgeable. Have you ever heard that
if you have to explain a joke it is not funny anymore? Ken proved that over and over. He did in-depth detail of his research on all
kinds of jokesters from Late Night TV Talk Show, Stand up comedians. Pairs of funny people such as Dean Martin and
Jerry Lewis, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, etc.
Groups too like the Marx Brothers; Stand up comedians such as Lenny
Bruce, Trends, sitcoms, and so on. It is
all a very well researched report. He really
liked the MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER and WEIRD AL YANKOVIC.
I enjoyed the book.
It was well written, even if it did have paragraphs pages long.
What I did not like was mostly excluding MAD and MAD-like comics
books and magazines and their creators, such as editor Harvey Kurtzman (MAD). They thrive on
humor, even if it is anti-establishment humor.
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