In humor, there are many things that people look down upon. You see respect for improvisation, satire, and even the occasional knock-knock joke. But I feel that puns are often put on the back burner and are thought of as being really waffle jokes. This has baguetting to me lately, especially when my friends and I fill our conversations with puns and we’re criticized for cheap comedy and for using the same type of joke for many hours at a time. But, the thing with puns is that once you’re egged on, you really can’t stop and when people ketchup with what’s happening, they either join in or complain.
I think puns are a great contribution to comedy because they are based on one of the building blocks of humor: wit. I relish wit in comedy. Dictionary.com defines wit as “the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.” If puns don’t do that, you butter be bready to find something that does, because I don’t think anything better eggists.
Some people might not think this is a serious topic, but this is as cereal as it gets. Puns are a preferred form of entertainment for many people, and not allowing them is just basting a lot of potential cherryness. Sometimes I just look up at the Milky Way, and stare at the starbursts, knowing I’m on the brink of the perfect pun.
There is a certain margarine of error when it comes to puns. Sometimes they are perfect, and sometimes, when they’re really bad, I feel like they’re bacon me crazy. You can’t force it because there’s a lot at steak here. One bad pun can ruin your audience’s oponion forever. So, just count your Lucky Charms and hope for the best.
Pun eggstremists might claim that not everyone can make a pun, but I say all aspiring comedians should give them an attempt. Maybe that’s why people have a low opinion of puns- they’ve only heard amateurs. But give it thyme, and one day every pun will be making wonderful jokes. It’s as I always say: “it doesn’t get much grater than puns.”