Stop clapping, this is serious - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Stop clapping, this is serious - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog A great interview with Tom Lehrer. Sample quote: Its 50 years since Lehrers first recordings, and 38 years since his last album of new material, yet word that weve secured an interview has people around the office launching into such unlikely yet infectious ditties as The Vatican Rag, Smut and Lehrers ode to spring pursuits, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. It also has people asking with a surprised tone: Is he still alive? Yes, Lehrer is very much with us, despite being quiet for so long (he once told The New York Times he had encouraged rumours of his demise in the hope of cutting down junk mail). With audiences nowadays I see it with these late-night [TV show] people, Jay Leno, David Letterman and so on the audience applauds the jokes rather than laughs at them, which is very discouraging. Laughter is involuntary. If its funny you laugh. But you can easily clap just to say [deadpan]: A ha, thats funny, I think thats funny. Sometimes they cut to the audience and you can see they are applauding madly. But theyre not laughing. Tom Lehrer is one of the funniest people Ive ever heard. Check him out. Heres another interview with Lehrer. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related