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- 1. Laws of humor Public Speaking Skills
- 2. Prepared By TM Manu Melwin Joy Kerala Toastmasters Area G3,Division G District 92, India. Phone 9744551114 Mail manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations.
- 3. 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".
- 4. 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""?
- 5. 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.
- 6. Laws of humor Someone who can think funny has the natural ability to see the humor in the painful lessons of life.
- 7. 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.
- 8. 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.
- 9. 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....... "