Laughing Humor

In No Laughing Matter, will principled psychologist Dr. Greg Chambers succeed any better at counseling those unusual patients who continue to come his way? Or will the in-your-face advice of his down-home assistant Carol Cramer prove to be superior? In ten new short-stories laugh along as Greg and Carol grapple with newlywed angst, tortured technology, busting a local crime-ring, career day at an elementary school, the world’s smartest new baby, and much more.

(Buddha Artwork by Ryan Higgins. Many thanks Ryan)Micheline wrote this book in the 80's. At that time she was giving workshops and lectures about Laughter & Health to nurses and the lay public. She remembers a young man in the audience who blurted out - "You know, I used to think that all of this laughter stuff was for the birds...and one day I started laughing and I haven't stopped since."Micheline had the rare opportunity to meet Norman Cousins. He is the best-selling author who popularized the whole movement of connecting the positive emotions with good health in his best-selling book - ...

Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: She's hilarious. It might be a long wait, though. After bombing a stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie has kept her jokes to herself. Well, to herself and her dad, a former comedian and her inspiration. Then, on the second day of 10th grade, the funniest guy in school actually laughs at a comment she makes in the lunch line and asks her to join the improv troupe. Maybe he's even...flirting? Just when Winnie's ready to say yes to comedy again, her father is diagnosed with ALS.

Ten years ago, when Chris Duffy was an exhausted fifth grade teacher, he taught the funniest person he's ever met: 11-year-old Gary C. Gary was the school newspaper's official food critic, blasting cafeteria pizza for looking like cardboard and alleging that the baked beans weren't "beany" enough. These days, Duffy is a comedian and the host of a podcast with millions of listeners, but he's never forgotten the joy of laughing with Gary during that bleak Boston winter. Gary taught him that a life without a sense of humor isn't much of a life at all.

Being stuck in a traffic jam is already horrible enough. What's even worse is when you have three screaming kids in the backseat. Do you recognize this age-old question coming from the back row of your car: Are we there yet? Ah, this one never gets old. Usually spoken just after you put the key in the ignition. Your children hate to sit still in the car. Boredom takes over before you even leave the driveway.

Bloated Goat is a fantasy cartoon that comes to life in your head. Get ready to enjoy a gut-busting adventure full of crazy forest animals and hijinks galore. You’ll meet Granny Hammy, Cocky Doodle, Bloated Goat, and a wide assortment of wacky characters as they romp around the forest in this ill-conceived (but humorous!) plot. Watch in horror as the author tries to tie everything together with an explosive ending that you'll probably see coming a mile away.

"I have seen people swarm around you like bees on a honeycomb", says martin to his old friend Jimmy, "what is it that you give them, which makes them like you so much? There certainly must be something interesting they are getting from you, can I get a piece of that too? Please tell me something funny, it could be anything, a story, a joke, a riddle, a phrase, just anything," pleads martin with now reluctant Jimmy, "all right then", replies the latter, just remember that I am no Comedian, hold your ears wide open, and be ready to laugh at anything I do or say, deal or no deal?" "yeah you ...

Laughter is the best medicine and this comedy has the right dose. Joyce’s cooking is so bad that her husband and kids want to cut off their tongues to save themselves for the taste of her food. Joyce's husband, Gary, loves his football team more than he loves her. But they are not an entirely unhappy couple. They have five children. Twenty-one-year-old Fred, their eldest child, is a loafer who believes he will soon be a millionaire. He spends most of his time chasing his elusive dream. A gourmand, he is the only member of the family who enjoys Joyce’s cooking. Nineteen-year-old Nyasha ...

Hey, what happened to my dog? Did you eat it? Where'd it go? And what's with all that juicy stuff around your lips? Okay, pal, we better talk this out. You can read the rest of the story to find out what happens. Approximately 1,100 words and 10 pictures.

Why is the letter A like a flower? BECAUSE A B COMES AFTER IT! You can count on these jokes about letters and numbers to make you giggle.

Your culture is your number-one competitive advantage. But here's the rub: Inspiring cultures don't happen by accident. You can't buy, borrow, or fake a great culture. You need to be deliberate about building a truly inspiring culture. That's where The Humor Advantage comes in.

Paul McDonald’s book is the second in the HEB Contemporary American Literature series, edited by Christopher Gair and Aliki Varvogli. Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that this is not always the case. In examining the work of, among others, Sherman Alexie, Woody Allen, Douglas Coupland, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bill Hicks, David Mamet, and Philip Roth, McDonald shows how American humorists bring their comedy to bear on ...

This is the story of Bronx-born David Kokolovitz and his hilarious experiences with sex, Shakespeare, and the South Pacific. We follow David on his journey away from his Bronx home in search of an acting career. In a comedy of opposites, New Yorker David ends up living in the Deep South where he lands his first acting job at a southern Shakespeare repertory company. Just as the hazards of too-tight tights and too-long soliloquies become too much for him, World War II conveniently breaks out and he moves on to entertain the troops.

Wake the fun-up and make some good trouble, creating new norms playfully, inspiring, educating and motivating collective well-being from the best community in the world Laughter Yoga...AKA LaughingWellness. Laughter as an Exercise. Laugh Yourself Well. Become a Laughter Yoga Leader. Join this Laughter Revolution. Community is the New Currency Promote: and laugh yourself well. Longevity: eat well, sleep well, and use laughter as exercise. Accountability: activate your medicine cabinet. Young~Heartedness: drop off your adult and wake the fun up!Are you ready to become a Laughter Yoga Leader?

101 funny jokes for kids! Are you looking for a fun book to keep the kids entertained and happy? Try this funny joke book for kids. Laughing and jokes have been proven to have positive mental and physical effects on the body! This book is especially great for long trips, waiting rooms, and playing aloud at home. The Joke King is back with another hilarious joke book full of funny, laugh-out-loud, crazy comedy and a massive assortment of awesome jokes for children of all ages, teens, and adults.

An aging, iconic stand-up comedian, Alex, falls in love with a man 38 years her junior. While their relationship is genuine, her adult children take her to court to take control of her assets, citing her incompetence. While Alex struggles against her children, all their lives are complicated by her children's debts and those who will do anything to collect on them. Alex is a brilliant and gifted performer, beloved by all except for her own children.

Laughing Matters is the second installment of Mark Abramson’s funny, poignant, sexy, entertaining, and sometimes sobering journal from the Covid years of the early 2020s. You’ll laugh and cry along with him as he recollects his life over the 40 some years he has lived in San Francisco’s gay Castro neighborhood.

The place where we come together to learn, to practice, and to wake up to the full joy of possibility and where we begin to feel the rapture of being alive through laughter and humor is the HoHo Dojo. The HoHo Dojo then becomes a place where people practice the humor and laughter ideas that are being taught. Over time, through practices, you will embody what is being taught. Although there are many valuable programs on humor and laughter, almost all of them only include one or two components of the person.

Jamie Buckingham wrote: “If we truly believe God is in charge, we might as well relax and enjoy life.” Thus is the theme of this wonderful book taken directly from a message spoken to the James Robison Evangelistic Association Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, in 1989. Jamie gets personal with fellow pastors as well as with himself saying, “It’s time for Christians to come out of the closet and admit that we are just like everybody else and laugh at ourselves just a little bit.” Jamie’s stories are funny, but they make a point. Like the parables of Jesus, each story is with ...

Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, Third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anaesthetic at the dentists when something strange happens - and their identities are swapped. Suddenly Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey had to put up with in the horrible life of a child star - including kidnap.