Silent Humor

By Jan Michaels

 One of the most common human experiences that two or more (depending on how ambitious you are) people can share is love. But, it is not always easy to tell if you are in like, lust or full blown, forever loving. With that in mind, I have created this list of signs that you may be crazy in love!

1. If you have ever stared deeply into the eyes of your significant other for more than 10 seconds without cracking up hysterically, you may be in love.

2. If every person in your life tells you that she/he is no good and your mailman, pharmacist and local news station agrees, yet you think they are ..just jealous.. you may be in love.

3. Guys: if you have taken the pictures of the other women in your life off the walls, like the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition posters, Playmate of the month calendar, Monster Truck Rally 2007, you may be in love.

4. Ladies: men can produce excessive amounts of eye watering, nose burning noxious odor from almost any food or drink, and then are not above sharing it with others, especially at night. Knowing all this, and you STILL want to sleep in the same bed with him, you may be in love.

5. If your significant other asks you how they look in their new retro polyester lime green outfit and you say they look hot, you may be in love. or you have a really strong self preservation instinct.

6. Guys: if you have ever given up washing and waxing that new car you just bought to watch Sleepless in Seattle with your girlfriend/wife for the 20th time, you may be in love.

7. If you always remember every anniversary and birthday of your partner, and you are not female, you may be in love.

8. If you think the underwear and socks you get for your birthday and Christmas every year is a pleasant surprise, you may be in love.

9. If you thought the Sears Tool Set and rolling cabinet you got for your birthday was great idea, and you are not male … you may be in love.

10. If you are taken to Burger King for a romantic dinner, and that does not bother you, you may be in love.

11. If you notice your local florist starts arriving at work in a limo since you became a customer … you may be in love

12. If hearing ..Honey, wheres my clean underwear?.. brings tears of joy to your eyes … you may be in love

But the easiest way to tell if you are in love is this: If there is no one on this planet that you would rather spend everyday of your life with than the one you are with, then you ARE in love!

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How The Art Of The Unspoken Word Can Be Funny

Hollywood Comedy Movies - From Charlie Chaplin To Jim Carrie
By Victor Epand

 Comedy movies started long back in the 1900s. The first movie to be produced was by Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope. This could also be considered the first to show the comic aspect of a movie. Comedy films began to appear more during the era of silent films, prior to the 1930s. These comedy movies were originally based on visual humor. The prominent figure that we all know as Charlie Chaplin was one of the famous clown-style actors of the silent era. It was through Charlie Chaplin that Hollywood comedy movies became famous. Soon came Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.

Then in the 1920s came another trend, of animated cartoons. They were the most popular Hollywood comedy movies of the time. Several popular characters of that era were Felix the cat, Krazy Kat and Betty Boop. However, the popularity of these movies was hindered due to lack of sound and color.

By the end of 1920s, the Hollywood comedy industry showed a change brought about by the introduction of sound into movies. This allowed the industry to create dramatic new film styles and use verbal humor. Those films soon replaced silent movies. They used dialogues by comedians such as W.C. Fields and the Marx Brothers. Charlie Chaplin was the last comedian to have acted in a silent film, and his films during 1930s were without dialogue, although they did employ sound effects.

When the United States entered into World War II, Hollywood movies changed their course to themes related to conflicts and Hollywood comedy movies also inclined to military themes. The war era experienced a boom, when due to the restriction on traveling, nearly a quarter of the money spent was spent on movies.

In the 1950s, interest shifted to social situations or family-oriented comedies. During that period the number of Hollywood comedy films declined. The 1960s saw an increasing number of broad, star-packed comedies. In 1970, Hollywood comedy movies reflected the anti-war sentiment which was prevailing then. Amongst the leading figures of this time were Woody Allen and Mel Brooks. They wrote, directed and appeared in their own movies.

In the 1980s, the gag based comedy Airplane, a spoof of the previous decade disaster film series, was released and Hollywood comedy movies followed suit for more of the same including Top Secret and the Naked Gun films. The popular comedians of that time included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. Jim Carrey, the Canadian actor, came into Hollywood comedy movies in the late 1980s when he won a role in Damian Lee Canadian’s skiing comedy, Copper Mountain.

The most popular Hollywood comedy movies were of John Hughes, which included Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the Home Alone series of 1990s. The latter focused more on a family audience. That showed a revival in comedy movies. Spoof comedy movies have remained popular till date.

Another development in Hollywood comedy movies was the use of gross humor, which is usually aimed at the younger audience, in films like, There’s Something about Mary, American Pie and many more. This trend of gross movies continued with adult oriented comedies picking up the box office for some time more.

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