So you’ve just decided to click on my blog. No matter whatever (or whoever) has brought you here, you’re sure to be in for a treat. This is my first blog ever so it might not be up to par with all of these other blogs, but it’ll surely be something.
I contemplated what I wanted to write about for a long time and I think I’ve decided on something that I really love: comedy.
For as long as I can remember I’ve loved watching comedy, and I’ve been influenced by so many comedians in my lifetime. I watch their stand-up specials, their movies, their videos. I recite their jokes word for word to my siblings, making us a part of them too.
Comedy has a profound impact on the world as well. Humor is something that people turn to when they don’t know what else to do. It’s a pick-up for everyone across the globe.
Jokes are a universal language. They can be communicated and understood by everyone which is what makes them so enjoyable.
As for myself, although I believe I’m generally a funny person, I am not a comedian, and I do not aspire to be one. Still, I’ve come to love comedy, and the idea of uniting a whole group of people with just a sentence or two is astonishing.
So in this blog, I’ll be watching, reviewing, and perhaps—but probably not—attempting to write my own comedy. I’ll go through what I think is good comedy, and what I think is not, focusing not only on what doesn’t work but also why it doesn’t. I also plan on going into detail about some of my favorite comedians and why they’ve earned the title. We’ll struggle through my writing comedy together and see if I can hold a match to the comedy legends I love.
I hope that you’ll stick with me through this journey that is my blog. And as Bill Wurtz said so eloquently in his acceptance speech at the 2014 Short Awards, “Thank you.”
The Comedy Corner 