Movie Review: Laughology

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Movie Review: 
Laughology

by
Dean Burkey

I was surprised how sad 
this documentary about laughter seemed. 
Oftentimes making me want to cry, 
rather than laugh. 

The writer, director, and narrator 
Albert Nerenberg lost his ability to laugh. 

But then he and his wife feel startled 
to hear their baby daughter laugh. 
She didn’t learn such behavior from either of them, 
because they both suffered tragedy 
and allowed such sorrowful events 
to steal their ability to laugh. 

This engaging documentary, 
which studies what makes us laugh, 
traces Nerenberg’s efforts to get his laugh back! 

He studies laughter yoga, 
visits the man with the world’s most contagious laugh, 
holy laughter, 
and much more. 

The bittersweet journey resounds with laughter. 
Intriguing and educational film. 

Especially for me, 
because of my interest in what makes people laugh! 

Ultimately, this is a film of triumph, 
as he sees others who face harrowing circumstances 
revive themselves with the power of laughter! 

So I found it worthwhile to watch. 
I hope you enjoy it too. 

The DVD received only 4 reviews on Amazon, 
but all 4 were 5-Star Reviews! 
So clearly others enjoyed this as well. 

All the Best,

Dean Burkey

P.S. If you want ways to make people laugh, 

please read Jerry Corley’s 

insightful and educational book: 

“Breaking Comedy’s DNA”

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Jerry Seinfeld on How to Write a Joke

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Steve Martin: 
You know, a lot of people come to me and they say, 
“Steve, how can you be so %@&#ing funny?” 
There’s a secret to it, it’s no big deal. 
Before I go out, I put a slice of bologna in each of my shoes. 
So when I'm on stage, I feel funny. 

Brian Regan: 
I learned something in the juice isle, and that is, 
I don’t know what’s going on with cranberries, 
but they’re getting in all the other juices. 
Whoever the salesman for cranberries does a great job. 
He’s showing up everywhere. 
“Hey what do you got? Apples? 
Well let’s put some cranberries in them; 
we’ll call it cran-apple - go fifty fifty. 
What do you got? Grapes? What about cran-grape? 
What do you got? Mangos? Cran-mango! 
What do you got? Pork chops? Cran-chops!” 

Dean Burkey: 
My mouth was dry, 
but I needed to lick some stickers 
to affix them in my niece’s storybook. 
So I committed a series of heinous crimes. 
And then when I got captured and brought to justice, 
I collected the saliva of the victims’ families 
and other protesters who spat at me on my way to trial. 
In retrospect, 
I suppose daubing tap water would’ve been easier. 

Mitch Hedberg: 
I miss the $2 bill, ‘cause I can break a two. 
$20, no. $10, no. $5, maybe, $2? 
Oh yeah. What do you need, a one and another one?

Woody Allen: 
I was thrown out of NYU. 
On my metaphysics final, they caught me cheating. 
I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

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Start Your Week with Laughter

Start Your Week 
with Laughter

Brian Kiley:
I bought a box of animal crackers; 
and it said on it "Do not eat if seal is broken." 
So I opened up the box, and sure enough ...

Ellen Degeneres:
Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, 
but it’s worse when you see them wearing dark glasses, 
having streamers around their necks and a hat on their antlers. 
Because then you know they were 
enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.

Dean Burkey:
I know she’s really a reptilian space alien 
bent on destroying the human race, 
but I still think she’s hot. 
You know, for a cold-blooded creature. 

George Miller:
I know a guy who called up the Home Shopping Network. 
They said "Can I help you?" 
And he said, "No, I'm just looking."

Dennis Miller:
The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. 
Surgery on dead people. 
What's the worst thing that could happen?

Dean Burkey:
I love chocolate; 
and deep in my heart, 
I want to believe that chocolate loves me too. 

A. Whitney Brown:
China has a population of a billion people. 
One billion. 
That means even if you’re a one in a million kind of guy, 
there are still a thousand others exactly like you.

All the Best,

Dean

A Werewolf Encounter
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From Monster Laughs
(File # 142: "The Howling Werewolf’s Hairy End"):

Mr. Howl continued to howl; and I couldn’t blame him. Off the front of my gun, dangled frilly pink lace. Or perhaps slightly used toilet paper.

Either way, I blushed.

Howlie Mandel prepared to pounce on me, but then he sniffed a whiff of Penelope’s perfume and barked with bliss. I wondered, deal or no deal.

“The price is wrong, Mister Barker.” Aiming my weapon at Fuzzy Wuzzy, I called out to my alluring assistant, “Run, Penelope! Run!”

Slipping on a soiled newspaper, Penelope collapsed to the red carpet. Like I said, lycanthropes aren’t known for being housebroken. Which seems odd, since most of them come from broken homes.

Salivating like a ravenous shark at a scuba diver’s convention, the Canine Catastrophe bounded across the room to Penelope.

Aimed and fired my stinky gun, but I hit an electrical panel. After an explosion of sparks, the lights went out.

Penelope cried out, “Oh, werewolf. Oh, there wolf. Oh, baby!”

Kay lit a flare and clambered upstairs.

Reminded of past problems with torch-bearing villagers, Hairy in Heat howled, “Leave me alone, Hunter, or you’ll be the Hunt-ee!” and disappeared into the night.

“Penelope? You okay?” I asked.

“Mm-Hmm,” she cooed. “I’m perrrrrfect.”

“Me, you poke and knee. But with him, you’re all ‘Oh, oh, oh! Wolf-wolf-wolf!’ What’s up with that?”

“Are you okay?” asked Kay.

“Oh, Kay.” I turned to see her face next to mine, glowing in the flare’s light. Although a consummate professional in the field of paranormal investigation, I screamed like a schoolgirl and fled.

Soothed my fraying nerves with a hearty helping of moon pies. Seemed apropos. Plus, they’re so tasty! I’m often asked how I can eat so much pie and not become overweight. Simple: Monster Aerobics! You eat what you want, as much as you want; and then you flee in abject fear from monsters. I discuss that rigorous regimen in the documentary “Scared Skinny”.

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