Funny way to make a living – The Life of a Comedian 6.10.10

My name is Phil Evans and I’m a comedian. No. Please don’t laugh.

What am I saying? Laugh as much as you want.

Laughter is beneficial to you. And for a comedian it’s essential.

Without the oxygen of audience laughter, a comedian is merely….well let’s think. He’s merely a hyper-active, annoyingly optimistic attention-seeker with a seemingly endless supply of duff jokes that no one can be bothered to listen to.

Why are you looking at me like that?

I’ll start again.

My name really is Phil Evans and I really am a comedian.

A person who ‘comedes’ for a living.

A comedians job is to stand in front of an audience, tell them a mixture of exaggerated truth and outrageous lies and hope their reaction is to laugh at him.

Which shouldn’t be confused with a politicians job, which is to stand in front of an audience, tell them a mixture of exaggerated truth and outrageous lies and hope that their reaction is to vote for him.

We all know why audiences like to watch a comedian performing. It’s because they want to have a good time. To enjoy themselves. To ‘have a laugh’.

Laughing really is good for your health. It releases endorphins, which relieves stress and makes you feel good about yourself. You walk out of a club or theatre after watching a great comedian perform for an hour and you feel all’s well with the world for a while. (to be continued)