Comedy Competition Part 6! (Blog 62)

The sixth comedy competition that I’ve been running on Facebook has finished! I’ve recently reviewed a range of videos for it, including one where a fully clothed man gets electrocuted in the bath. Interestingly, last month I posted another of that man’s videos and in that, he was outside and showing a fake (I hope)…. Ahem. Achoo! Aheblebebleb… I’m sorry. You know what I mean. Basically, in one vid he wore clothes when he shouldn’t have, and in the other, no clothes when he should have. Those symptoms sound like an obscure mental condition to me. As I believe I have discovered it, I shall call the condition ‘Wiedemann Syndrome’. A delusional disorder it seems, with its core feature being a predisposition to getting into comedic and age restricted situations. I’m rambling. I’ve also reviewed a crazy man improvising about a broken mobile phone. One of his vid’s highlights for me, was when the actor said ‘hoo-oo-ooo’. I know that’s making the entry sound rubbish, but you should check it out on my Unsubscribe Tribe Facebook page, if you’re thinking I’m weird. Another competitor was about actors dressing up as trees, but the winner was about…….

Senseless violence! Have a look at it, here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvU5Dqb60nU

So, what’s funnier? Smashing windows, faces or TVs and what makes that funny? Let’s go in depth. I don’t mean to brag, but I’m a bit of a scientist and I actually studied the subject in school. I’ve come up with a formula: The more violence (MV) + the less complaining (LC) = the funnier (F). In other words MV+ LC = F. ‘But Simon, I also am like you and I studied science and that doesn’t make sense.’ Is that what you’re saying? To be honest, I have no idea whether it makes sense or not, but that doesn’t matter. It at least KIND of does. Right? I worry I may be losing you, so I’ll impress you with another formula, again relevant to the victor: Orange spray tan (OST) applied in an illogical fashion (IF) = yes, you guessed it: Funny. (F). OST + IF = F. Memorise it. Oh yeah, I didn’t go into what’s funnier to smash, just why. It’s faces. Definitely faces.

The short summary of the contest out of the way, let’s go off topic once again to take up space and hopefully cause a chuckle or two. Ok, Youtube comments: We’ve all read them. Some are perfectly sane, most are crazy and the rest are downright strange. But how do you reply to strange comments (ignore the crazy ones) in a way that is funny and therefore, super successful? Here is a classic comment you’ve most likely read… ‘Who is reading this post in 2018?’ Why people have the need to say it, I don’t know. If no one is reading the post, surely no one will ever reply to it, so the person has wasted their time, right? Like talking to a brick wall. However, if you ARE reading the post, here is a wacky reply you can make use of. ‘I’m not reading in 2018, I’m stuck in 2439, you’ve got to get me out of here, please help!!’ Here’s the kind of reply you can expect to get: ‘Idiot’… And as long as someone hasn’t taken too much offence and you don’t feel like replying will pose a risk to your safety, you can follow up with ‘Oh great you’ve responded, I need you to post me some extra strong batteries, ASAP, so I can work my time traveller machine! Please!!’ Again, expect to be called another variant of the first comment you received. Think that was a random subject? Well, it’s Wiedemann Comedy Randoms! But is it random if I say it’s random, or is that expected? Sorry I had to end with such a headfuck. Bye!