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MySpace, Where Comedians Go to Die?

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

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Last night I wandered deep into the vast cesspool of humanity and bad design that is MySpace. While I was somewhat prepared for the teenage poseurs, lonely, middle-aged men and thinly-veiled pornography, I certainly wasn’t expecting to find Jon Lovitz or Pauly Shore!

In his profile Mr. Lovitz writes:

I figured I’d use this web site to talk to my fans directly. Let you know what’s going on with me. And thank you for your support all these years. THANK YOU!!!

… And follows up on the blog section of his site with some very thorough answers to questions about the industry from fans. Mr. Shore’s page on the other hand is, well… Just sad, but really more in keeping with the whole MySpace experience anyway, if you ask me.

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Bad News, Good News & Great News

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

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If you read between the lines in today’s iLaugh.com entry you may well surmise that, for the next little while at least, I’ll no longer be posting there on a daily basis. This is because the higher-ups are getting worried that the blog part of the site is growing exponentially at the expense of the multimedia content that’s slower in coming.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that I now have the luxury to take my sweet time with more polished, less time-critical material. Or in other words, I’m getting the same pay for ostensibly less work.

And here’s the great news: My boss has asked me to submit a reel and ideas for scripts.

I love this job!
8-)

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A Formula for Funny

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

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Pravda online reports that U.S. scientist Igor Krishtafovich has discovered a formula for laughter. While I was personally more impressed that Pravda even had a website, here’s the formula:

HE = PI x C/T + BM, where…

  • HE = humor effectiveness.
  • PI = personal involvement.
  • C = complexity of a joke. The higher degree of complexity the better provided that your audience can solve the problem within 1 or 2 seconds.
  • T = time spent by a person solving a joke. The longer the time, the weaker the effect.
  • BM = background mood. A joker can have an advantage if an audience enjoys the show. However, a real good joke can “blow up” the most dismal audience.

Now I know a number of comedic performers frequent this humble site… Perhaps we can build on Dr. Krishtafovich’s fine work with some formulas of our own? As an example:

HE = DJ + DA, where…

  • DJ = dick joke.
  • DA = drunk audience.

Let the comments begin!

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