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My generation was one of the first to grow up in front of a TV Screen. I guess that’s not necessarily a thing to brag about, but it was true. Saturday morning cartoons were a big deal for me. I would get up early and grab a big bowl of overly sugared breakfast cereal and settle down in front of the massive console TV in our basement for about 4 hours of formative brainwashing. That means my comedy sense tends to come from Loony Tunes.

Or at least it started with Loony Tunes. Bugs Bunny make that wrong turn at Albuquerque always left me in stitches. As I grew up my comedic sense grew as well and the next bit of comedy gold that became my favorite was The Monkees. Mixing music with laughs was right up my alley. Follow that with my all time favorite, the Muppet Show (which I own on Blue-Ray by the way) and you can get a fair idea of my formative years.

In my teens I started to watch all of those comedies I wasn’t supposed to watch. Comedies like Our Man Flint, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Caddyshack, and of course Porky’s. And of course once I reached that milestone of adult hood I became enamored with the darker comedies like Raising Arizona and The Big Labowski.

Finally lets not forget that my generation was the one that really started the Big Comedy Concerts. Richard Pryor: Live and Smoking, Eddie Murphy’s Raw, and George Carlin’s You are All Diseased. They were all funny irreverent, and outlandish.

What does this have to do with roleplaying you might ask?

In every group I have ever roleplayed with, Comedy has been important. Whether it’s just a player breaking up a tense scene, or specifically including outlandish and slapstick situations for fun. Comedy plays a roll.

In this episode Christina and I are going to talk about the Comedy Genre. About it’s important elements and how it can add to your roleplaying games.

Christina, you’ve heard about the comedy that entertained me growing up, What about you?

[Kick to Christina]