Sporto's Christian Comedy Adventure

 
 
Yes, I think he did.  Having that riddle about the Lion and the Honey, and then the irony of using the Philistines own clothes to pay his debt definitely has some humor to it. But I believe Samson missed a huge comedy opportunity when Delilah was trying to find out the secret of his strength .  I think he should have said things like, "If you fill this room with baboons, I will be a weak as any man." or,  "If you have twelve Philistine soldiers in this room, with grapes in their noses saying "Samson Sells SeaShells by the Seashore" over and over, I will be as weak as any man." Yeah, weak with laughter maybe. The bowstrings and hairloom were ok, but I think there was potential to be known as a legendary comedian.  Hmmm, I wonder if Samson's hairloom ever became someone's heirloom?
 
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So I was just watching SpongeBob SquarePants with my kids, and Squidward is teaching Spongebob about music.  He shows Spongebob a metronome, you know the thing that keeps time that sits on a piano?  And I'm thinking that might be a funny bit- something about the new modern gnome being called a "metro gnome",  but alas, not 2 seconds later there is a joke of the same vein on the show.  If you're ever thinking of writing comedy, get a notebook and write ANYTHING down that you find remotely funny. Go over and over it from different angles and you can usually find something workable from it.  I have been very close to funny several times, it's quite exciting


 
Certain people can really get under my skin.  It is my natural instinct to give these people a sarcastic jab whenever I can.  I'm sure Jesus knew people that were hard to get along with.  Maybe it was one of his disciples.  The disciple John always refers to himself as "the one that Jesus loved".  John could have been really annoying.  Maybe he was the tag along, when ever Jesus wanted to just get away and get his thoughts, there was John.  Maybe he took credit for some of Jesus's words.  I can see Jesus overhearing John saying to a crowd, "show me a coin, now give to Caesar that which is Caesar's and to God that which is God's".  But Jesus loved John.  I tend to avoid people that bother me.  I need to learn to love these people, and not put them down.  Only through God's grace can this be achieved.
 
So I starting to make a website with some of my video clips and some other funny stuff.  I used to be into the web thing a fair bit in the early 2000's.  Things have changed a bit since then, but I'm starting to pick it up. I'll be sure to let you folks know when it's complete.
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Here's the Russell Peters BFF contest update:  My video has been viewed 25 times. I noted another guys video has been viewed 2488 times. But it's the VOTES that count.  If everyone that viewed my video voted for me and only 24 of the 2488  of his viewers voted for him, I'll have it locked up.  I've already planned what I'm going to say to Russell, "Somebody gonna get hurt real bad eh?" because comedians love to hear their catch lines repeated to them.  It's like an instant kinship.

 
I find when you're in your thirties, sometimes you feel old, and sometimes you feel young. Today I felt old. 
 My youngest son came home, and I asked him how his day at school was.  He said he sang a song about a guy trapped in a computer.  I thought that was a bit of a funny subject for kids to sing about in first grade, so I asked him, "What was the song called?" He told me "the Farmer in the Dell."  
 

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In my adventure as a Christian comedian, I find I wear many different hats. As a husband, a father, a provider, a train engineer (I don't work on a train, I just like to wear the hat). On those days I don't quite feel so funny, my kids are the best.  They think I'm hilarious!  All I have to do is say, "kids, come here! Listen to this, A Zibba Zib  Zab!" Gales of laughter.  They'll copy me all afternoon.  "Did you hear what Dad said? Zibba Zib Zab, Zibba Zib Zab!!"  Sadly when they reach the age of ten, their concept of comedy will change.  I will become the subject of their jokes. I only have a couple years of "Dad comedy" left.

 
I've had lot's of different jobs from a janitor to being a clown. I find almost every job has some good and bad mixed together, a lot of it depends on your attitude. I often think employees  have a hard time identifying with how hard it is for the manager or owner, and the owner has a hard time  thinking from the employees perspective. Sometimes I think it would be great to be the boss.  I thought about starting my own business a while back.  I looked into manufacturing granite tops for kitchen cabinets. But after looking into it a little further, I found out it was counter productive.
 
Let's face it. There's a slim chance of attracting a large group of followers to your blog. But it's an easier outlet than the  old "mail a newsletter" in the eighties. I remember when I was a kid I had a pen pal in Europe. After a few months, he suddenly stopped responding. I had all this leftover writing paper, what was I going to do with it?  I decided to use it to make  a stationary bike.
 
I think a lot of people ask themselves this question. The answer is yes.. and yes.  Humor is relative. He's my Uncle Ted.  I remember playing catch with my Dad as a kid, and missing the ball and it hitting me in the gut. I felt this pain and I couldn't catch my breath. My Dad said, "It looks look like you got the wind knocked out of you!".  Aside from the pain, I suddenly felt a sense of mystery and wonder, I possessed wind within me! One of the natural elements lived within! Later, I found out if I was tired, I could get a second wind! Awesome! But soon I learned that others did not take care of the precious gift. I became angry at Thanksgiving when I learned that my Uncle Ted broke wind. 
 
Well today is the first day of voting for the Russell Peters Best Funny Five contest. I have entered a short video that does not seem to be fairing so well. Compared to many of the other submissions, I believe it to be fairly humorous, but that does not seem to be the criteria for this contest. It appears those who rally the most troops to their video get the recognition over pure comedic content. And by troops I mean people in the army, those guys votes seem to be worth a lot more somehow. I'm not saying that mine is the funniest, but it doesn't seem like anyone's going through the videos and actually voting on their favourite (At this time my video has 18 views while others have over 1400 hmmm..). Ah well, it was a good experience for me, and at least 18 people had a chance to check out my style.