Funny for Five Minutes of Comedy 8/20/2026

Good news — I’m heading to Mesquite Comedy Club, and I’ve got some new material!

I’m hoping it’s funny. I mean, I think it’s funny, which is generally how this whole comedy thing starts.

I really enjoy going to Mesquite and getting on stage. There’s nothing quite like driving 100 miles to tell jokes to strangers and then driving 100 miles back home wondering if the jokes were actually funny or if everybody was just being polite.

I do have a tip button on my website, although so far it has received approximately the same amount of attention as a gym membership in January. 😂

But honestly, you do appreciate it when people support you. You’re putting in the effort to travel, come up with new material, get on stage, and hopefully make somebody laugh. For me, the biggest reward is still seeing somebody have a good time because of something I said.

That said, I do think five minutes is a pretty short amount of time for comics who are trying to develop new material. Maybe once a month, the club could give the comics 10–15 minutes. Give us a little room to stretch our legs before somebody turns the hook light on.

And I’d love to see some kind of joke competition.

Not because I think comedy needs to become the Olympics, but because a little competition might give comics an extra reason to come prepared with their best material. It would be fun to see who can actually put together the funniest five or ten minutes.

Personally, I’m more interested in hearing somebody tell a great joke than watching somebody spend five minutes asking the audience questions. Crowd work has its place, but I think writing and developing material is where the real fun is.

And after you get on stage a few times, you usually start figuring out what works. If you tell a joke and the room laughs, that's good information. If you tell it three different times and the only thing laughing is the air conditioner, that's also good information. 😂

That doesn't mean you should quit. It means change it up.

Try something new. Rewrite the joke. Try a different story. Find another angle. Comedy is a craft, and nobody gets better by doing the exact same thing forever.

For a lot of people, comedy is a hobby. If you're young, funny, ambitious, and willing to put in the work, maybe it can turn into a career. If you're getting closer to 60 like me, you're probably not sitting around waiting for Netflix to call. 😂

But that doesn't mean you can't have a hell of a lot of fun doing it.

And if you're 65, 70, or 80 and you're funny and you want to give comedy a shot — go for it. There are no age restrictions on making people laugh.

Everything I'm saying here is just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

For me, comedy isn't really about getting rich. My payment is making somebody laugh for a few minutes and hopefully giving them a little break from whatever else is going on in their life.

Honestly, that's a pretty good paycheck.

But... if you'd like to throw a little tip my way, I'm not going to tackle you. 😂

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Thursday at Mesquite ,Why I Don't Go to the Comedy Club as Often as I Used To

100 Miles for Five Minutes of Comedy

Some people might wonder why I don't go to Mesquite Comedy Club more often.

The main reason is pretty simple: I live about 100 miles away.

With gas prices the way they are, I can't justify driving 200 miles round trip every time I want to get on stage. So these days, maybe once a month is about all I can manage.

The other reason is a little more complicated.

Comedy and Anxiety

I have anxiety.

And as I've gotten older, it seems like my anxiety has gotten worse instead of better.

I have good days and bad days.

Some days I feel like I could walk into a room full of strangers and make everybody laugh.

Other days, just getting out the front door feels like an accomplishment.

And unfortunately, making money is still a priority.

Everybody has bills to pay, right?

Apparently, the electric company doesn't accept "I'm trying to become a better comedian" as a form of payment.

But the truth is, making people laugh and having a good time is what I enjoy most about doing stand-up comedy.

I love being on stage when I'm in the right frame of mind.

But when my anxiety is high, it isn't fun anymore.

And I don't want to get up there and spend five minutes staring at the audience like a deer in headlights while my brain is screaming:

"WE HAVE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE."

There was actually one time I went to the club and the anxiety got so bad that I felt like the walls were closing in on me.

I had to give my spot to somebody else.

That was hard to do because, as a comedian, you want to get on stage.

You don't want to admit that your own brain just called an emergency meeting and voted unanimously against it.

But that's reality.

I Write Because I Enjoy It

I also got an email today from somebody trying to sell me a service to make my blog bigger.

I appreciate the offer, but that's really not why I do it.

I don't write because I'm trying to become the next big internet celebrity.

I write because I enjoy it.

And if you're one of those people emailing me to tell me that my writing is all AI-generated and that you know exactly what I need to do to fix it, don't waste your time.

Yes, I use AI to help punch up my writing.

But the thoughts are mine.

The experiences are mine.

The bad jokes are definitely mine.

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I write about the things I enjoy — music, movies, comedy, and all the weird, funny, and sometimes ridiculous things that happen in life.

That's what I like about writing.

I can sit down and take something that happened to me and hopefully turn it into something that makes somebody else laugh.

And that's really what comedy is.

Finding the Funny

I think everybody knows what they personally think is funny.

But comedians have a strange ability to take something completely ordinary or mundane and look at it from a different angle.

A comedian can look at something everyone else sees every day and say:

"Wait a minute... isn't that actually kind of ridiculous?"

Some of the funniest people I've ever seen seem to have come from hard times.

Maybe that's because when life beats you up enough, you eventually have two choices:

Cry about it or find a way to make a joke about it.

Sometimes the joke is the only thing that keeps you going.

Speaking of Stupid...

And speaking of finding humor in strange places, here's one I think is funny.

God created the chicken and the frog and said, "I have a special purpose for each of you."

The chicken asked, "What's mine?"

God said, "You're going to cross the road."

The chicken looked confused.

"Why?"

God said, "I don't know. Humans have been asking that question for thousands of years. At this point, I'm too embarrassed to admit I don't remember."

Then the frog asked, "What's my purpose?"

God said, "You're going to sit on a lily pad and eat bugs."

The frog thought about it for a moment.

"Can I cross the road too?"

God said, "Sure."

The frog nodded.

"Great. I've always wanted to see what the chicken was up to."

I know it's stupid.

But sometimes stupid is funny.

And that's the whole point.

Give the Comedian a Chance

The next time you see a comedian get up on stage, don't heckle him and make his job harder than it already is.

He's not up there giving a speech.

He's taking his time, his talent, his nerves, his mistakes, and sometimes a little piece of his soul and putting it in front of a room full of strangers because he wants to make you laugh.

And if you're lucky, he'll have a quick comeback when you heckle him.

Because remember:

That microphone works both ways.

A comedian isn't just standing up there telling jokes.

He's watching you.

So be nice.

Because there's a pretty good chance you're about to become part of the act.

And honestly...

that's when it gets really funny. 

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My Journey Into Stand-Up Comedy and YouTube | Making People Laugh

 What is it like trying to build a YouTube channel while also learning stand-up comedy? I'm still figuring it out. With nine subscribers, I'm certainly not taking over YouTube anytime soon, but that's not really the point. I started making videos because I enjoy comedy, telling stories and hopefully making people laugh.

Why I Keep Making Videos Even Though Nobody Asked Me To

I’m always trying something new on my YouTube channel.

So far, I have nine subscribers.

That’s right. Nine.

I’m not exactly fighting MrBeast for the top spot just yet.

But honestly, I’m okay with that.

I’m not trying to build the biggest YouTube channel in the world. I’m just trying to entertain people — the same way I try to entertain people when I get onstage and do stand-up comedy.

My editing skills are... well, let’s just say they’re a work in progress. I know enough to get a video together, but I’m not expecting Adobe to call me anytime soon and ask me to teach a class.

And sometimes I wonder if anybody really wants to hear what I have to say.

But then I think about why I started doing this in the first place.

I like making people laugh.

That’s really what my YouTube channel and this blog are about. If somebody watches one of my videos or reads something I wrote and gets a laugh out of it, then I’ve accomplished what I wanted to do.

Comedy Isn't Supposed to Be Perfect

I’ve been doing stand-up comedy at Mesquite for about a year now. The problem is, I live about 100 miles from Corpus Christi, so I don’t always get to make it there as often as I’d like.

I’m always hoping I can go.

Then life happens.

Sometimes you have plans, and life looks at those plans and says, “Yeah Right.”

But when I do make it there, I try to have something new written. I want to bring something different to the stage and, hopefully, make it funny.

That’s one of the things I love about comedy.

You never really know if a joke is going to work until you say it in front of another human being.

You can sit at home and think, “This is hilarious!”

Then you get onstage, tell the joke, and hear nothing but crickets.

And suddenly you realize the crickets are getting a better reaction than you are.

How Dirty Is Too Dirty?

I try to keep my comedy from getting too dirty.

Every once in a while, though, I’ll throw something a little naughty into the act.

But I always ask myself one question:

“Can I say this without making somebody uncomfortable?”

There’s a difference between being funny and simply trying to shock people.

Some comedians throw out dirty joke after dirty joke because the shock itself gets a reaction. And hey, if that’s your style and the audience enjoys it, go for it.

But for me, I think a good joke takes more than just saying something shocking.

It takes time and effort to make something genuinely funny.

Crowd Work or Real Comedy?

Something else I’ve noticed a lot lately is crowd work.

Now, I’m not saying crowd work can’t be funny. It absolutely can.

But sometimes I wonder if it has become a little too popular.

A comedian walks into a room, finds somebody in the audience, asks them what they do for a living, and suddenly they have a five-minute comedy routine.

To me, sometimes it feels like throwing spaghetti against the wall and hoping something sticks.

My favorite jokes are usually the ones that tell a story.

Give me a funny story about somebody’s life and I’m interested.

Maybe that’s part of the reason reality television became so popular. People like looking into somebody else’s life. We become observers.

And when a comedian can take an ordinary experience from their life and turn it into a funny story, I think that’s where some of the best comedy comes from.

You recognize something from your own life.

You think, “I’ve been there.”

And then you laugh.

I'm Still Figuring This Thing Out

I know my videos aren’t great.

They probably never will be.

But I’m having fun making them.

And if one or two people enjoy them, that means something to me.

It’s the same feeling I get when someone comes up to me after a comedy show and says:

“I liked your comedy. It was funny.”

That might not sound like much, but to somebody standing onstage hoping to make people laugh, it means a lot.

You don’t need thousands of people cheering for you to know you did something worthwhile.

Sometimes one person laughing is enough.

So I’m going to keep making the videos.

I’m going to keep writing jokes.

I’m going to keep trying new things.

And hopefully, I’ll keep getting a little better along the way.

I’ve included my latest video below.

If you like it, subscribe and give it a thumbs up.

If you hate it, give it a thumbs down.

I’ll try to do better next time.

And if you really hate it...

Well, at least I gave you something to complain about.

Have a great day, and thanks for reading.

 

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Paul The Alien

 

Paul (2011) Movie Review: A Funny Alien Adventure That Still Holds Up

Even though Paul was released back in 2011, it is still one of those movies I can come back to and enjoy every time I watch it. Some movies are entertaining once and then forgotten, but Paul is the kind of science fiction comedy that keeps bringing laughs no matter how many times you see it.

Directed by Greg Mottola and written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Paul combines road-trip comedy, action, science fiction, and plenty of pop culture references into one fun adventure. It is a movie that knows exactly what it is and doesn't take itself too seriously.

The story follows two British comic book fans, Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost), who travel to the United States for Comic-Con before beginning a road trip to visit famous UFO locations, including Area 51 and Roswell. They are hoping to experience some of the mysteries surrounding alien sightings, but they never expect to meet a real alien.

That all changes when they run into Paul, a sarcastic, smart-talking alien who has escaped from a secret government facility. Unlike many aliens portrayed in movies, Paul isn't quiet or mysterious. He has a big personality, a great sense of humor, and a little bit of an attitude.

Paul convinces Graeme and Clive to help him reach a location where a spaceship will arrive to take him home. What should have been a simple trip quickly turns into a wild adventure as they are chased by government agents determined to capture Paul.

Along the way, they pick up an unexpected companion, encounter plenty of hilarious situations, and find themselves involved in a journey filled with action, comedy, and some surprisingly heartfelt moments.

One of my favorite things about Paul is the perfect combination of science fiction and comedy. The movie is packed with references to classic sci-fi films, making it a lot of fun for fans of movies like E.T., Star Wars, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It feels like a love letter to science fiction while still creating its own unique story.

The movie also has several great comedy scenes and some impressive action sequences. I think Seth Rogen was the perfect choice to provide the voice of Paul. His personality fits the character perfectly and gives the alien the funny, relaxed attitude that makes him so memorable.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have always had great chemistry together. Fans may recognize them from other comedy classics like Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, which are two of my favorites. Their ability to mix comedy with other genres is one of the reasons their movies stand out.

What makes Paul special is that underneath all the jokes, it is really a story about friendship, acceptance, and helping someone who is searching for a place to belong.

I don't know if aliens are real, but if they are, I hope they have the same sense of humor as Paul the Alien. Because if a real alien showed up on Earth, having one around who could make people laugh might not be such a bad thing.

Paul (2011) Cast

• Simon Pegg as Graeme Willy

• Nick Frost as Clive Gollings

• Seth Rogen as the voice and motion-capture performance of Paul

• Jason Bateman as Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil

• Kristen Wiig as Ruth Buggs

• Bill Hader as Agent Haggard

• Sigourney Weaver as The Big Guy

Final Thoughts

Paul is a fun, clever, and underrated science fiction comedy that deserves more attention. It has laughs, memorable characters, great chemistry between the actors, and enough sci-fi references to keep fans entertained.

If you enjoy movies that mix comedy with adventure, Paul is definitely worth watching. Sometimes the best movie friendships come from the most unexpected places—even if that place happens to be another planet.

Life is funny... especially when your travel buddy is an alien.

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What's so Funny?

 

What Makes Something Funny?

Have you ever stopped to wonder why one person laughs until they cry while someone else just stares at you? I think that's one of the great mysteries of comedy.

The truth is, what's funny is different for everyone. Your age, where you grew up, your family, your friends, and even your life experiences all shape your sense of humor. Sometimes it's an inside joke that only two people understand. Every time they see each other, they laugh all over again, while everyone else is left wondering what they missed.

I have relatives who laugh at things that I don't find remotely funny. Then I'll say something that I think is hilarious, and they don't even crack a smile. That's comedy. It's personal.

As a stand-up comedian, I've learned that lesson the hard way. I've walked onto a stage convinced a joke was going to bring the house down... only to hear absolute silence. There may not be a worse feeling in the world than standing under the lights while nobody laughs. Time seems to stop, the room gets painfully quiet, and you can actually feel that hot burning sensation creeping up the back of your neck. Every comedian knows exactly what I'm talking about.

When I was growing up in the 1970s, sitcoms were what made me laugh the most. In my small town, you didn't get to see many live comedians. If you wanted comedy, you hoped to find a comedy album or maybe an 8-track tape. Then you'd sneak off and listen to it by yourself because a lot of comedians back then had a pretty salty vocabulary, and Mom probably wasn't going to approve.

There were clean comedians, of course. Steve Martin was one of the biggest stars around. At the time, though, I just didn't connect with his stand-up. All I really remembered was him saying, "I'm a wild and crazy guy!" while wearing an arrow through his head. Years later, I completely changed my mind after seeing The Jerk. Today, I think it's one of the funniest movies ever made.

Television was where comedy really lived for me. Happy Days gave us the unforgettable Fonz with his famous "Heeey!" and thumbs-up. Welcome Back, Kotter was another favorite, although I have to admit I thought John Travolta's character was so goofy that it actually made me skip Saturday Night Fever when it first came out. Funny how opinions change. These days, I think Travolta is terrific, especially in Pulp Fiction.

I remember laughing so hard at those shows that my mom would come into my room just to see what was so funny. Those were different times. If you missed your favorite show when it aired, that was it. There was no streaming, no DVR, and definitely no "I'll watch it later." You either watched it live or waited months for a rerun.

I also loved the classics. The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, Martin, and Mister Ed, the talking horse, were regular favorites. Someone once told me they put peanut butter in Mister Ed's mouth so his lips would move when he "talked." I have no idea if that's true, but I believed it as a kid!

The amazing thing is that many of those old shows are still funny today. Great comedy doesn't really get old. As I write this, Dick Van Dyke and Mel Brooks are both well into their nineties, and they're still making people smile. Maybe there really is something to that old saying: laughter is the best medicine.

Looking back, I think those television shows planted the seed that eventually led me to stand-up comedy. I simply love to laugh, and I love making other people laugh. Sure, I probably should have started performing years earlier, but it's never too late to chase something that makes you happy.

I'm getting close to 60 now, but every time I step onto a stage or write something that makes someone smile, I remember why I started. And who knows? Maybe if I keep laughing, I'll be one of those people still cracking jokes well into my nineties.

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South Park is Funny

South Park first aired on August 13, 1997, and nearly 30 years later it's still just as hilarious as when it debuted. Sure, the show can be crude and outrageous at times, but that's part of its charm. Its lightning-fast one-liners, fearless satire, and wonderfully dark sense of humor never fail to make me laugh out loud.

What amazes me most is that many episodes are written, animated, and produced in about a week. Most animated shows take months to create a single episode, yet South Park consistently delivers sharp, timely comedy that rarely misses the mark.

Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are a huge reason the show has stayed so successful. Unlike many long-running animated series that depend on large teams of writers and directors, Parker and Stone continue to write, produce, and voice many of the show's most memorable characters themselves. Their hands-on approach has kept South Park feeling fresh while maintaining the same unique style and comedic edge that made fans fall in love with it in the first place.

Whenever I'm looking for comedy inspiration—or I just need a really good laugh—South Park delivers every single time. It's one of those rare shows that can make you laugh, shock you, and leave you quoting its jokes long after the episode ends. her is a link to channel South Park Channel

 

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 I've always enjoyed stand-up comedy, and one of my favorite comedians today is Mark Normand. He's incredibly quick with his jokes, has razor-sharp timing, and always seems to find an unexpected punchline.

My favorite style of comedy has always been storytelling. There's something satisfying about a comedian taking the audience on a journey before delivering the payoff. That said, I also appreciate great one-liners and short, clever jokes. If it makes me laugh, I'm all for it.

I'm probably a little old school—mostly because I'm getting a little old myself. I grew up watching comedy legends like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, and Cheech & Chong. Those comedians helped shape my love of stand-up and showed me just how many different styles of comedy could work.

Back then, there weren't nearly as many nationally known comedians as there are today. Now it seems like everywhere you look there's another comic, a new podcast, or another Netflix special. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Comedy has become more accessible than ever, and there are some incredibly talented performers working today.

At the same time, I sometimes wonder if the sheer number of comedians has watered things down a little. With so many specials being released, it can feel like some comics become famous before they've truly developed a standout act. Of course, there are plenty of exceptions, and some of today's comedians are producing fantastic material.

One special that I really enjoyed was Mark Normand's. If you're a fan of smart, fast-paced stand-up, I think it's well worth watching. He also co-hosts an entertaining podcast that's worth checking out if you enjoy hearing comedians riff on everyday life.

I'll include links below to Mark Normand's website and one of my favorite stand-up specials so you can check them out for yourself. Here is link to his links.Podcast We might be drunk Website:

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