Why Am I Laughing?

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about music in comedy! Comedy and Music go hand in hand, and we get to showcase some of the most musically hilarious songs and artists of all time. So grab your saxophone and/or whoopie cushion and get ready for the silliest sing-a-long of your life.

2:01 - Netflix: Michael Che’s standup special: Michael Che Matters! Also Gilmore Girls is a thing you can watch.

6:15 - Movie News: The Nice Guys! Very Funny! Not too late to see it before your friends call you a band-waggoner

8:06 - Humor and Music/Music and Comedy/ Singing and Laughing: (A Brief History)

11:25 - Why is Music funny?

46:25 - Ben’s Wacky Facts

52:05 - #WAILMAILoftheWeek

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This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about Arrested Development; the ahead-of-its-time sitcom with the world’s worst/most hilarious family. So hop on your segway and head on down to the banana stand because we have a favor to ask of you!0:58 - Netflix: Dave Chapelle lands Netflix Deal.2:03 - Television: Pete Holmes and Judd Apatow’s new show Crashing! Check out the trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjyY4SjaG00 3:10 - Arrested Development (A Brief History)4:25 - Why is Arrested Development Funny?46:20 - Ben’s Wacky Facts52:10 - #WAILMAILoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to: [email protected] can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com Mrs Featherbottom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KORggXkvujI Franklin Delano Bluth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-PkutG_Q2Q

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about Space Jam! Twenty years ago Warner Brothers and Michael Jordan decided to cash in on the most bizarre film possible, a live action animated sports comedy, for kids! So grab your 90’s nostalgia, forget everything you love about Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan, and welcome to the Space Jam.1:19 - Television: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg working on two new TV Shows! 5:09 - Box Office/Movie News: Willy Wonka Prequel in talks with producer David Heyman. 7:21 - Space Jam (A Brief History)9:28 - Why is Space Jam Funny?40:15 - Ben’s Wacky Facts47:08 - #WAILMAILoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to [email protected] can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com VERY OLD SPACE JAM WEBSITE! http://www.warnerbros.com/archive/spacejam/movie/jam.htm 30 for 30: Space Jam: https://www.yahoo.com/tv/video/30-30-space-jam-game-155008766.html

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about Jack Black; the musical comedian with a flair for slapstick and the ridiculous. So grow out your hair and grab your acoustic guitar: this is the greatest podcast in the world (It’s just a tribute).1:12 - Box Office: Drew Goddard to direct Deadpool 2, but will he be funny enough?4:35 - Television: Dave Chappelle will host SNL for the first time ever!6:56 - Jack Black (A Brief History)8:28 - Why is Jack Black Funny?41:01 - Ben’s Wacky Facts46:40 - #WAILMAILoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to [email protected] can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com Eagle Egg Dive from Nacho Libre:https://youtu.be/bdLT4OUOLO4Yo-Yo Ma’s Cousin:http://www.tzr.io/yarn-clip/5588bc23-c466-456a-83a8-0c979777c219 The Fatties: Fart 2https://youtu.be/cU7bD1O1Quc“What the hell, bro?”https://youtu.be/cDfQo1ANeLM

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about some of the best Halloween TV Specials! From The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, to Saturday Night Live Sketches, we take some time to laugh about why the spooky-funny genre works. So get some leftover candy, and be prepared to be scared, but not really, but maybe!1:25 - Netflix: Hot Fuzz, Spooky Classic! Edgar Wright! Simon Pegg! Nick Frost!2:56 - Box Office: Boo! A Madea Halloween & Inferno! 4:33 - TV: David S. Pumpkins on SNL!5:34 - Halloween TV Special!6:55 - The Simpsons, Treehouse of Horror (V)15:49 - Community, Epidemiology16:52 - Modern Family, Halloween18:52 - Brooklyn 99, Halloween23:12 - Friends, The One With The Halloween Party26:16 - Spongebob Squarepants, Scardeypants29:16 - Boy Meets World, And Then There Was Shawn31:20 - The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)35:25 - SNL Halloween Sketches49:39 - Ben’s Wacky Facts47:02 - Halloween Shoutout! 48:34 - #WAILMAILoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to [email protected] can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com David S Pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS00xWnqwvI

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about the independent film turned cultural phenomenon, Napoleon Dynamite. So put on your roller blades and get pulled into Preston, Idaho for the dryest, squintiest, freakin sweetest film around.1:00 - Netflix: Demitri Martin Live (At the Time) - Netflix adds $800 in debt5:50 - Box Office: Director Tim Miller drops out of Deadpool Sequel, Tarantino petitioned - Space Jam 20th anniversary theatre screenings10:25 - Napoleon Dynamite (A Brief History)13:55 - Why is Napoleon Dynamite Funny?43:20 - Ben’s Wacky Facts48:55 - #WAILMAILoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to [email protected] can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com Napoleon Dynamite Dance (Watch if you want to live again): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcWPiHjIExA “Your mom goes to college”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tJWouZcmX8

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about the America’s favorite workplace sitcom, The Office! Dunder Mifflin is hiring; so jump in your Sebring and head over to Scranton, Pennsylvania for the zaniest, funniest, most uncomfortable job of your life.1:10 - Netflix: Chris Rock Netflix Deal4:21 - Box Office: Masterminds is a movie that you can see6:32 - The Office (A Brief History)10:43 - Why is The Office Funny? 34:50 - Ben’s Wacky Facts46:23 - #WAILMAILoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to [email protected] can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com Diwali Song - https://vimeo.com/53444736Creed talking about Ed Trucks death - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICgmke-RPegWilliam Charles Schnieder - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grMBw8xKBl4

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about the comical genius, Tina Fey! Put on your bossy pants and grab your meatball sub, we're talking about one of the funniest women of our time.00:42 - Box Office News: Bad Moms, Bad Dads (Not Baghdad) and more coming soon!04:22 - Television News: Brooklyn 99 and New Girl crossover episode on Fox!09:45 - Why is Tina Fey Funny?11:30 - Saturday Night Live17:40 - 30 Rock25:20 - Mean Girls28:41 - Date Night29:50 - Megamind30:01 - Baby Mama30:15 - Sisters30:30 - Bossypants31:39 - Ben’s Wacky Facts40:32 - #WAILMailoftheWeekWant us to read your email on next week's show?Send your words to [email protected] bonus points? Give us some love in an iTunes review!You can always find our podcast on: iTunes Podcast app : goo.gl/p8BOlU Google Play : goo.gl/rsldp9 Stitcher : goo.gl/mtIGvk TuneInRadio: goo.gl/XkpKdr Twitter: @WAILPod https://twitter.com/WAILPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whyamilaughing/ PodTyrant: goo.gl/srVA3PCheck out other amazing podcasts on the PodTyrant network at Podtyrant.com or GeekTyrant.com Liz Lemon and Jerry Seinfeld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tcNLtGs7oA

This week on Why Am I Laughing, Ben and RJ talk about the anatomy of jokes. Why are jokes funny? What makes them funny? What does “funny” even mean? From brain function to dysfunction, we discuss the true nature of why we are laughing.

00:49 - Box Office: MacGruber 2 film in the works.

4:05 - Television: “What We Do In The Shadows” creators greenlit for a TV show about paranormal activity in New Zealand

7:05 -Why Are Jokes Funny?

9:34 - What is “Funny”

17:30 - The Anatomy of a Joke

19:40 - Joke Categories

20:10 - Observational Jokes

23:02 - Self Depricating Jokes

25:52 - Sinical Jokes

27:53 - Over the top Jokes

29:20- Satirical Jokes

31:19 - Physical Jokes

33:53 - Timing/Situational

36:24 - Puns/Word Play

36:36 - Ben’s Wacky Facts

44:26 - #WAILMailoftheWeek

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Sources

“The Anatomy of Funny” http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun06/anatomy.aspx

“Philosophy of Humor” http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/humor/#RelThe

“Hitler, Bin Laden, and Toby” Joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFHsF-zJy4