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Laws of humor Public Speaking Skills
Prepared By TM Manu Melwin Joy
Kerala ToastmastersArea – G3,Division G
District 92, India.Phone – 9744551114
Mail – [email protected]
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Laws of humor
• Max Eastman wrote a book titled
“The Enjoyment of Laughter”, which
goes into detail analyzing the
psychology behind humor. He
presents four laws of humor, all
related to the concept of being "in
fun".
Laws of humor
• The first law is that things
can be funny only when we
are "in fun".
• Ask yourself, "Is this
audience "in fun"; do I dare
use humor; can they be
moved into "in fun""?
Laws of humor
• The second law is that when we are
"in fun", a peculiar shift of values
takes place.
• Pleasant things are still pleasant,
but disagreeable things, so long as
they are not disagreeable enough to
"spoil the fun", tend to acquire a
pleasant emotional flavor and
provoke a laugh.
Laws of humor
• Someone who can
think funny has the
natural ability to see
the humor in the
painful lessons of life.
Laws of humor
• The third law is that being "in fun"
is a condition most natural to
childhood, and that children at
play reveal the humorous laugh in
its simplest and most omnivorous
form.
• A speaker must be aware of the
mood of the audience at all times.
Laws of humor
• The fourth law is that grown-up people
retain in varying degrees this aptitude
for being in fun and thus enjoying
unpleasant things as funny.
• But those not richly endowed with
humor manage to feel a very comic
feeling only when within, or behind or
beyond, or suggested by, the playfully
unpleasant thing, there is a pleasant
one.
Laws of humor• Audiences made up of individuals
who have retained in varying
degrees the aptitude for being "in
fun" provide the humorous
speaker with a great challenge;
that of reaching all present. Like
Charlie says, some members of the
audience are thinking, "OK Buster,
lets see if you can make me
laugh....... "