I think serious situations actually make for the best kind of belly laughs. But theyre also the hardest to convert into comedy at the outset.
Eugene Mirman is the Andy Warhol of comedy. People look to him for what's next in comedy, and he emails these people back promptly. The Will to Whatevs put me in a great mood because I was laughing out loud. Alone. That's hard to do.
Sometimes when I do a joke and it doesn't get a lot of laughs, it kind of feels like I'm doing jazz. That's kinda cool because jazz is cool, but sometimes jazz sucks ... Maybe I'm the Kenny G of comedy.
I like films that are so funny, dramatic and lifelike simultaneously, that you are laughing and cringing simultaneously all throughout the film.
I struggled with that notion early in my career. 'I know this is funny but nobody is laughing.' This thought occurred for years.
Essentially, retweets are like laughs.