12.28.09
Brooooooooooooce!
One of the main tips I tell people about humor is this: it’s NOT about getting laughs. Laughs are a bonus. What IS important is creating that environment where humor can thrive and multiply.
This week’s Comedy Around the World goes to Toronto, Ontario Canada. To see Bruce Springsteen during the Tunnel of Love Tour.
I chose Bruce as an example of creating this humorous environment. Nothing Bruce says is particularly or hilariously funny. He doesn’t do pratfalls. He doesn’t make funny faces.
But what he does do, and what he is expert at, is creating an environment.
He is the champion at creating an aura. A milieu that makes me and a friend want to take a bus numberless hours across the border. To stand among strangers who also know all the words to all Bruce’s songs. Makes us enthusiastic about seeing the next concert with Bruce–even though he’ll sing the very same songs with the very same band.
Creating this humorous environment is not an effortless task. But it makes others feel, work, relate, and interact effortlessly.
Want to see how Bruce does it? Just click here to watch Bruce in action!
