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Tag Archives: Comedy
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
A young woman's funny, heartfelt memoir of working as a mortician and revolutionizing how we think of death
From her opening line “A girl always remembers the first corpse she shaves,” I could tell this isn’t your run-of-the-mill memoir. Caitlin Doughty’s Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory is at once laugh-out-loud funny and … Continue reading
“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
-Winston Churchill
More from Laughter is Medicine: There are three kinds of death in this world Morty’s Play that funky music
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged after-life, Comedy, Death, Death With Dignity, Humor, Laughter, Life, Quotes about Life, Winston Churchill
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“He died on Sunday, was buried Wednesday and the following Friday…”
Frank Carson on his uncle's death
“My uncle Jimmy took liver salts twice a day for 40 years. He died on Sunday, was buried Wednesday and the following Friday they had to go to the cemetery to beat his liver to death with a stick.” –Frank … Continue reading
What Do You Want ‘Em to Say About You at Your Funeral?
Comedian Jerry Corley jokes about the conversations at his mother's funeral.
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Monty Python – The Funniest Joke in the World
A lethal joke from which people died laughing
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Comedy, Jokes about death, Laughter is Medicine, Monty Python
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Anthony Jeselnik: Jokes About Death
"People get weird when kids die..."
Video of Anthony Jeselnik discussing death via Comedy Central Comedy Central
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged Anthony Jeselnik, Comedy, Comedy Central Stand Up, Jokes about death
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