Laugh and the world laughs with you….

What makes you laugh?

We’ve all heard the line ‘ laughter is the best medicine’, turns out it’s true. As the brain’s production of endorphins increase, blood pressure and the heart rate become steady. Feel good chemicals flooding our bodies help to relieve stress and ease pain.

I don’t like to be in a large group of strangers and I really don’t like small talk..It’s an art form I just don’t have. But being with close friends who I love and trust allow me to come out of my shell and have the best time. So to answer today’s prompt, promptly, I would say to laugh with my buddies. But that doesn’t hamper me from finding things to laugh along with when I’m alone. Although I’m never alone having my dog constantly at my side.He looks at me funny sometimes, but I don’t think that’s in the funny ha ha sense..more like funny peculiar.

There is one particular English comedian/writer/actor/producer/director I find extremely funny. He’s not everyone’s cup of tea and his language can be and often is full-on Anglo-Saxon. He is often rude and disparaging beyond measure and tbf he does go a bit too far sometimes, but I simply let that go. No one is perfect!

A year or so back he hosted the Golden Globes. The venue full of ‘stars’. All movers and shakers from the film industry with their plus one’s..their egos. His verbal attack was brutal, gasps where audible from the audience, their faces were a picture. Throughout the ceremony he took no prisoners, a relentless tirade as he held up a mirror to the faces, who let’s not forget are paid handsomely for what they do anyway. The fact they also want to be congratulated and adored was not lost on the host. Laugh? I almost died. Absolute comedy gold.

Raja Hindustani and…

What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times?

Off bat I thought I would be unable to answer today’s Daily Prompt. Watched something 5 times? Other than Black Beauty, which I may have seen 10 times as a child, nothing came to mind.

The first coffee of the day kicked in and I have been able to recall 3, which I have seen at least 3 times. Will that count WordPress?

Raja Hindustani. What a movie! It came out in 1996 and during my first ever visit to India I heard it being played a lot. It stayed with me. Starring Aamir Khan and Krishna Kapoor and currently on Amazon Prime.

A 2016 British drama series I have enjoyed is The Fall, with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dorman. Fine actors the pair of them. It’s on Netflix now.

Last but not least a 2013 American movie The Big Wedding. The stellar cast includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Saradon and Robin Williams. This comedy romance is airing on Amazon Prime. And now that I have been reminded of this warm and funny comedy romance, I think it’s time I watched it again. The world needs more warm and funny right now. Don’t you think?