02 OCT 2007The funny truth tableFunny has four of the eight states of triple logic. The simplest is neither true nor false, funny nonsense, or funniness without an object. Much laughter is of this nature, and it's nice to know that funniness does not depend on anything to exist. False and funny is a joke formula, tall tales, or convincing folks with an entertaining fiction that collapses in laughter at the end. Funny world is a false-funny concept. True and funny is the staple of standup comedy. It's easier than making things up. Comedians take their material from real life, serious world, and ridicule it. They also tell truth in taboo areas. And they make things up (false-funny) if they have the ability. That's an interesting result, that false-funny comedy requires a higher skill than true-funny. Does it produce a funnier result? I would say yes. We'll get tired of laughing at tired old serious world, and the comedian who can lead us into flights of fancy, new stuff, will get the greatest response. The funny world concept is false-funny, a fictional world, with a formula for generating false-funny content. That puts it in the higher tier of comedy. True, false and funny is higher yet. It maintains uncertainty, ambiguity and multiple levels of joke. Is this what we get by adding false-funny to true-funny? If so, false-funny easily advances to the next level. The audience is not only entertained by true-funny and false-funny, they are challenged to determine which is which, moment by moment. The truth about funny is that funny has no truth value. Funny ranges all over the map and demolishes any certainty we may have had. Another truth about funny is that funny has no plans. It may turn around or collapse in laughter at any moment. 1764 |