Man You're Funny!

Quick side note, Colt McCoy recently got engaged... :( Bummer! Ok, now on to this weeks blog.

What are the factors that go into the formula for being funny? Does it involve telling dirty jokes, being super witty, always having a comeback, poking fun at yourself, smiling a lot, dressing funny or just using colorful vocab? How come far too often one factor to being funny is also being fat? Or here’s another thought - what about gender playing a role in who is considered funny? If you think about the actors and actresses who can make you cry from laughing so hard, you’ll find they are mostly male. Robin Williams, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and the list could continue. Of course there are the few actresses who could make you roll laughing too, like Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg or Anna Faris, but the list for male actors far out numbers female actresses.

Maybe male actors have a larger following audience than the actresses? Perhaps it’s that males in general find other males to be funnier than women, and since we ladies hang out with those men, our ideas about what is and isn’t funny is shaped by them (who will most likely say guys ARE funnier). From my own experience, I feel like guys I know are funnier than the ladies I know. Also, I feel like if girls do have a good sense of humor, they tend to be viewed as “silly”, “goofy” or at times “stupid”. So what do us ladies have to do to get labeled as “hilarious” or “funny” instead?