(This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. I am writing this month on activities that keep me refreshed during these depressing days. It's Day 10 today.)
When I think of humour what comes to my mind first is the Reader's Digest, the monthly magazine once upon a time very popular all over the world. The magazine is still around, but I am not sure how popular it is now.
What we children always looked forward to were sections like 'Humour in Uniform' 'Life is Like That' and 'All in a Day's Work', apart from short, light-hearted fillers at the end of each article.
These sections comprised anecdotes that packed in them an unmatched level of humour that made the heart lighter and infused a huge amount of positivity to the mind. There are a few bound volumes of old copies at home, which I go back to, to refresh myself!
Another childhood memory associated with humour is movies of Laurel and Hardy [Music Box, which won the first Academy Award for Best Live Action Short (Comedy) in 1932] and Charlie Chaplin (the YouTube channel).
Their films used to be screened using a 16-mm projector in Sainik School, Kazhkootam, Kerala, where I studied. Needless to say, I keep watching them on YouTube. There is then, of course, Mr Bean (the YouTube channel).
There are now hundreds (or thousands?!) of stand-up comedians as well. Two of whom I watched live recently are Papa C J (his YouTube channel) and Anuvab Pal (at The BBC New Year's Comedy Special).
What we children always looked forward to were sections like 'Humour in Uniform' 'Life is Like That' and 'All in a Day's Work', apart from short, light-hearted fillers at the end of each article.
These sections comprised anecdotes that packed in them an unmatched level of humour that made the heart lighter and infused a huge amount of positivity to the mind. There are a few bound volumes of old copies at home, which I go back to, to refresh myself!
Another childhood memory associated with humour is movies of Laurel and Hardy [Music Box, which won the first Academy Award for Best Live Action Short (Comedy) in 1932] and Charlie Chaplin (the YouTube channel).
Their films used to be screened using a 16-mm projector in Sainik School, Kazhkootam, Kerala, where I studied. Needless to say, I keep watching them on YouTube. There is then, of course, Mr Bean (the YouTube channel).
There are now hundreds (or thousands?!) of stand-up comedians as well. Two of whom I watched live recently are Papa C J (his YouTube channel) and Anuvab Pal (at The BBC New Year's Comedy Special).