Haha. I’m a top Writer In Humor
The irony is — ironic!
“May you live with hysteria, and out of it make fine stories…”— RAY BRADBURY
It’s Christmas Eve and my boyfriend is out of town visiting his mom and sister. I had to stay home because we have a sick cat (She’s 20 years old so I decided I didn’t want to leave her alone, just in case...)
Plus, I’m Jewish so Christmas is just another night to me.
So, as I was playing cat nurse I was flipping through Amazon Prime and happened to click on a show I’d never seen before called Inside Jokes.
It looked interesting.
The show follows a group of talented stand-up comedians trying to ‘make it’ in the business of stand-up comedy. It was quite good! I give it two very high thumbs up! (I even shed a few inspirational tears when the 6 part series ended).
Here’s a link to it. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9132960/
All the comics in this show are of course excellent writers. Superb talented comics who write all their own jokes.
They also have to go perform them, which is a whole other animal!
Trust me I know about this. I made a living as a singer/performer around the world. I know the hardest part sometimes is not the ‘material’ perse — but the execution of the material — in front of the audience.
One of the female comics on this show named Rosebud is a feisty young 30-something blonde gal. Her comedy is hilarious and dark.
I loved her!
Her backstory isn’t funny though.
When she was 7 years old her younger sister who she loved dearly died tragically by drowning in the bathroom sink. Her hair got caught in the drain! It was awful and horrific.
It traumatized her totally to lose her sister. She said her life was never the same.
Now she's a comedian.
She is still feeling some raw undone emotions about losing her sister.
When the interviewer asked her about that horrible time in her life she said:
“Those terrible things that happened to me make a good STAND-UP set…and the good STAND-UP set is …CREATING MY LIFE!…”
So she turned her horrors into — humor!
The irony is that just this week my therapist suggested strongly that I write more comedy and humor.
She said because of all the shit I’d been through it might be my ‘calling’ to turn it into funny stuff!
Hmm.
Plus, ironically, on a whim a few days ago I started writing shorter, lighter more fun pieces here on Medium. (I wrote about all of this here just yesterday!)
Soooo the fact that I am now a TOP WRITER in HUMOR on medium must mean I BETTER GET MY BUTT MOVING and write some more funny stuff eh?
OK. LOL
Just for FUNnNNNnnN I thought I’d share with you a few songs, a Sneak Preview, of a few poems I will be turning into comedic songs for an upcoming Musical I am working on:
ENJOY!
A MUSICAL ABOUT ANXIETY?
Hey, there are Musicals about Mormons And Mexican gangs And Hamilton the old politician. Jesus Christ and Vagina Monologues So why not a fun new addition! A Musical about Aging and Anxiety? Including humor and serious songs I mean, they have Musicals about Menopause and Deathly Salesmen So, maybe this can’t go wrong!? I wanna write about Anxiety Cuz so many people have it. It’s an epidemic in our world and Medications become a habit.
And the Boomer Generation Are now getting up in age They can relate to the aging topics. This Musical could be a rage?
Or a Musical about odd families Hey, Dysfunction’s a great topic! Most people have weird relatives Some are bossy or myopic.
Maybe if we can laugh at stuff Or turn it into song It can make it all seem less a stress So, hop on — Come along!
This next silly poem I will be turning into a fast-paced 3 chord tune — Think Adam Sandler-esque parody —It’ll be quite interesting to sing these lyrics. Ha-ha. (Hey, it’s hard to convey by just reading the lyrics but you can only imagine!)
ASK YOUR DOCTOR
Verse 1: Ask your doctor If you need a pill The commercials say We’re goin’ straight downhill.
‘Hey Doctor, I saw it on TV last night They said to ask YOU But shouldn’t you ask ME If This Pills All Riiiiight?
Verse 2: What happened to doctors Who prescribed a plan On a white pad of paper Next to the bedpan?
Not only must we ask you But now we gotta hear
Those nasty side effects That all of Us Most Fearrrrrrrrr
CHORUS: Well…
You Might Experience
Swollen feet Butt sores Enlarged prostate Migraines Double vision Might be your fate Elevated heartbeat Bloat Weight gain Insomnia Nausea Or a Weird blood stain (UGH!) Chronic fatigue Blotchy skin rash Nosebleeds Tinnitus Blood sugar crash Your mind might get foggy You’ll break out in hives
Will we need medications All Of Our Liiiives?
Verse 3:
You might get Vertigo Brain or a Hacking wheeze Rectal anal warts Suicidal tenden — — — cieeeeees!!? Muscle aches Fever Inflammatory bowels Balding thinning hair Breath might Smell foul Unsettling nervous twitching Irritating night sweats Vaginal itching or Strange and odd Tour — ette’s? Your mood could get Erratic Your head Enlarged
And worst of allllll…
Yes This is the worst…
Uncontrollable Spontaneous Oily
Dissss — CHAaAAAaaAARGE!!
