Monday, October 10, 2011

Silly is in the DNA

Buster Keaton. Charlie Chaplin. The Three Stooges. Bob Hope. Chevy Chase. Steve Martin. Martin Short. Jim Belushi. Lucille Ball. Beavis and Butthead. Kung Fu Panda. Spongebob Squarepants. Charlie Brown and the football.

Throughout the history of mankind, slapstick comedy has often been both the lowest form of comedy and the one that seems to be enjoyed most by the male of the species.

Don't get me wrong. I have been known to laugh myself silly to the point of crying watching Chevy Chase on the old, classic SNL. I teethed on I Love Lucy and the chocolates on the conveyer belt episode. I have an appreciation for physical comedy.

But nothing I have experienced comes close to that which envelopes, overtakes and both energizes and immobilizes my child.


By himself he can be pretty funny. He does silly walks, silly voices, silly dances. And woe unto you who laughs at his shenanigans. You will be subjected to the routine over and over and over and over and over again. Especially right before bath time, when it is likely to be sans clothing. There is nothing quite like silly dances performed by a naked kid in the bathroom.

Add in friends, and well, the sense of the ridiculous becomes acute. Beyond silly. Gasping, wet your pants hilarious. I am not kidding. Cooper wet his pants he was laughing so hard when I took this picture.


This is what almost 5 years old is like. I have absolutely no idea what I am in for with 14 years old.

1 comment:

Audubon Ron said...

Dancing naked in the bathroom is silly? You sure? That's where the mirrors are. Why would that be silly? I gets a little slippery in there...

Don't ask me how I know this. I never actually said I dance naked in the bathroom.

Let's just leave it right there.