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Tag Archives: comedy
Comic Relief
“God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh”–Voltaire Philosophy, like the proverbial weasel, goes POP, as God, sporting a Groucho Marx get-up (you know, the glasses, the eyebrows, the cigar) delivers gags and zingers, turning the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged comedy, God, Groucho Marx, John Biscello, poem, vaudeville, voltaire
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Raising Cuckoo Awareness
To find out more about the characters, story and mission of our inspired little-Cuckoo-that-could, dig this video. And visit the campaign page.
Classic Equation
A brief history of humbleness through fool’s prey– the meaning of pie.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged comedy, creaming process, eating humble pie, haiku, John Biscello, pie in the face, slapstick
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Laurel and Hardy in Paris
We’ll always have Paris, Stanny, to tag with kerosene and meringue– (cue the “Dance of the Cuckoos” as the pie-in-the-face revolution begins with … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged comedy, John Biscello, laurel and hardy, paris, pie revolution, Poetry, slapstick, street art
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Granny and Chaplin
(Today is my grandmother May’s birthday, May-Day in my heart. Tomorrow is Sir Charlie Chaplin’s birthday, Fool’s-Play-Day in my heart. And so, in honor of these two wonderful and loving spirits) In times of hardship and heartache my grandmother … Continue reading
Posted in Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged charlie chaplin, comedy, grandmother, granny, hope, John Biscello, laughter, love, may daddi, Prose, smile, spirit-guides, story
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Fools Rush In
To all those wise, beautiful fools who have brought the medicine of joy and laughter to life, I salute you: Slapstick’s trinity, a monotheistic gag– Salvation’s last laugh. Genius, in trespassing, has its necessary fools– Supreme gag order. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged april fool's, buster keaton, chaplin, comedy, fools, haiku, humor, John Biscello, joy, laughter, laurel and hardy, pie, poems, slapstick, tragedy
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Literacy
Survivors bible, How to Fall and Get Back Up– In slapstick we trust.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged bible, buster keaton, Cinema, clown, comedy, John Biscello, poem, Poetry, pratfalls, Reading, silent film, slapstick, the great stoneface
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Narcissus: a Haiku Break-Up
It’s not really me, but more, well, I suppose you: nothing personal.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged break-up, comedy, haiku, John Biscello, love, myth, narcissism, Narcissus, Poetry, romance, tragedy
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Gag
At God’s green altar, a clown’s dignity restored– Gag order complete.
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged altar, Artwork, comedy, haiku, humor, John Biscello, painting, poem, Poetry, Rouault, sad clown, solitary clown, tragedy
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Formula
Tragedy plus pie equals comedy’s soft touch– Suffer fools gladly.
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Tagged classic, comedy, fools, haiku, John Biscello, pie, poem, Poetry, slapstick, tragedy
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