Correction: I misquoted Mel Brooks.

"Asked to define comedy and tragedy, Mel Brooks famously observed that
tragedy is my hangnail, comedy is you falling into an open manhole on your
head."


"Jack Smith" JohnSmithers@hotmailcom wrote in message news:...
JimH,

Most humor uses serious subjects to make a joke.

Someone once described the difference between a tragedy and a comedy as "A
tragedy is when I have a hangnail. A comedy is when you fall through a
hole and break a leg."

I am positive that Michael Jackson did not find the pedophile jokes funny.
I am also sure their were pedophiles who were insulted by the humor.

As I said, I am sorry you did not find it funny. I did.




"*JimH*" wrote in message
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Correct.


"Jack Smith" JohnSmithers@hotmailcom wrote in message
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Well, sorry you didn't like it.

Is it not funny because it used a serious subject to make a joke?



"*JimH*" wrote in message
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"Jack Smith" JohnSmithers@hotmailcom wrote in message
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My guess is the was a liberal.

http://www.comcast.net/news/national...03/194076.html


Not funny.