Mengapa Kelucuan Pelawak Tak Bertahan Lama?

Oleh Odios Arminto

Jawabnya cuma satu: manajemen. Manajemen apa? Manajemen semua yang terkait dengan diri sang pelawak itu sendiri.

Sebelum ke mana-mana, mari kita “bedah” dulu bagaimana sebuah acara di TV terjadi? Pertama, dimulai dari brainstorming di internal produser atau dengan pihak rekanan (rumah produksi). Mereka berdiskusi dan berdebat seru tentang sebuah acara baru (berbasis humor) yang akan diajukan ke manager produksi (tiap TV kadang punya istilah yang berbeda-beda). Pihak yang mengajukan acara selain harus mempresentasikan dengan gamblang dan lengkap, juga harus menyertakan proposal berikut kalkulasi selling point yang diyakini kuat dan dapat “diterawang” secara instingtif maupun nalar logika umum.

Kabar Baik buat Para Mahasiswa, Peneliti, dan Peminat Studi Humor

Oleh Odios Arminto

Humor itu energi budaya. Keberadaannya dirasakan umat manusia di seluruh jagad raya. Ia menyelinap, mengendap-endap dan menyatu ke dalam urat nadi tradisi dan kehidupan manusia. Terekspresi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Dirasakan manfaatnya oleh kita semua.

Dalam ungkapan yang lain, humor menembus fungsi ke seluruh bidang yang mau mengakomodasinya. Sehingga tak pelak, ia dapat dikaji dengan pendekatan multidisiplin ilmu dan multiprofesi.

Apa yang tak bisa diwacanakan humor? Dari filsafat, budaya, masalah sosial, politik, ekonomi, hingga bahkan agama. Hanya saja, humor yang asasinya bersifat netral dan tak berpretensi, dengan kepintaran manusia, ia dapat dijadikani senjata untuk kepentingan-kepentingan pragmatis sempit.

Fitrahnya, humor itu tak mengenal justifikasi SALAH dan BENAR, karena humor memang tidak perlu pembuktian. Hal terpenting yang diapresiasi dalam humor adalah LUCU dan TIDAK LUCU.  Di situlah martabat dan nilai “ideologi” humor dikaji, diapresiasi dan diperdebatkan; namun karena nilai-nilai sosial masyarakat berbeda-beda (etika), maka gesekan-gesekan persepsi bisa terjadi, sehingga estetika dasar harus mengalah pada dominasi etika.

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Why is That So Funny?: A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy (Softcover) Paperback – April 1, 2007
by John Wright (Author)

(Book). This unique exploration of the principles and practice of physical comedy starts with a discussion of the various types of laughter that can be provoked by performance. It then presents graduated sequences of over a hundred games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer. The result is an intensely practical and thoroughly stimulating investigation of how comedy works in physical terms.

About the Author
John Wright is co-founder of the highly successful, award winning Hertfordshire based Trestle Theatre Company.

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The Wall Street Journal Portfolio of Women in Business Cartoons Paperback – September 1, 2000
by Charles Preston (Editor)

A book of cartoons about women in business collected from the Wall Street Journal. Subjects of the cartoons vary from sexual harassent to promotions. Softcover.

Product Details
    Paperback: 80 pages
    Publisher: Dow Jones & Co; First Edition edition (September 1, 2000)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1881944271
    ISBN-13: 978-1881944270
    Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
    Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces

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The Wall Street Journal Portfolio of Business Cartoons Paperback – November 1, 1999
by Charles Preston (Editor)

This book is full of hilarious cartoons and stimulating text. Cartoons are clear and bright, literally and figuratively. Don't miss this opportunity to own this clever cartoon collection.

Good chuckles on the business of life
By A Customer on March 30, 2000
Format: Paperback
This cartoon collection makes a good coffee-table book or gift. Organized by decade from the Fifties through the Nineties, the cartoons can be timeless or topical. Humor that brings back memories of changes in our society (women moving into the workplace, merger mania, stock market fluctuations) puts life in perspective and gives a chuckle every page.

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The Trials of Lenny Bruce: The Fall and Rise of An American Icon Hardcover – September 1, 2002
by Ronald K. L. Collins (Author), David M. Skover (Author)

Lenny Bruce’s words had the power to provoke laughter and debate-as well as shock and outrage. It was the force of his voice that would place him on the wrong side of the law in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

Lenny committed his life to telling the truth. But the truth he told infuriated those in power, and authorities in the largest, most progressive cities in the country worked relentlessly to put him in jail. To them, Lenny’s words were filthy, depraved. But to his fans-the hip, the discontented, the fringe-his words were not only sharp and hilarious, they were a light in the dark to the repressed society of the early 1960s.

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The Earth's Visual Diary: What if The Earth could make a visual diary out of its observations? Exile makes you feel apart and attached to nowhere and ... is your home and you observe everywhere. Paperback – August 14, 2014
by Kianoush Ramezani (Author, Illustrator, Cover Design)

What if The Earth could make a visual diary out of its observations?... I always have this image of the Earth observing everything. Exile makes you feel apart and attached to nowhere and everywhere, no country and no border. Then you feel the Earth is your home and you observe everywhere. This is the concept of this book as the first collection of my drawings created between 2010 and 2014. I categorized them according to their theme, Human Rights, World conflicts, Peace, Information Technology and Environment.

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Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? Paperback – September 16, 2014
by Billy Crystal (Author)

Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America’s favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable career

Billy Crystal is turning 65, and he’s not happy about it. With his trademark wit and heart, he outlines the absurdities and challenges that come with growing old, from insomnia to memory loss to leaving dinners with half your meal on your shirt. In humorous chapters like “Buying the Plot” and “Nodding Off,” Crystal not only catalogues his physical gripes, but offers a road map to his 77 million fellow baby boomers who are arriving at this milestone age with him. He also looks back at the most powerful and memorable moments of his long and storied life, from entertaining his relatives as a kid in Long Beach, Long Island, his years doing stand-up in the Village, up through his legendary stint at Saturday Night Live, When Harry Met Sally, and his long run as host of the Academy Awards.

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Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up (Sather Classical Lectures) Hardcover – June 25, 2014
by Mary Beard (Author)

What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear—a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena?

Laughter in Ancient Rome explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects. Drawing on a wide range of Roman writing—from essays on rhetoric to a surviving Roman joke book—Mary Beard tracks down the giggles, smirks, and guffaws of the ancient Romans themselves. From ancient “monkey business” to the role of a chuckle in a culture of tyranny, she explores Roman humor from the hilarious, to the momentous, to the surprising.  But she also reflects on even bigger historical questions. What kind of history of laughter can we possibly tell? Can we ever really “get” the Romans’ jokes?

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Humor in Craft Hardcover – April 28, 2012
by Brigitte Martin (Author)

What happens when professional craft artists are allowed to let loose when they get to explore their mischievous and irreverent sides? Find out in this groundbreaking book, which, for the very first time, reveals an entirely different side of serious craft. Hundreds of images and essays from all over the world allow you to gain insight into the creative minds of contemporary artists like never before.

A variety of traditional craft media are shown, such as furniture, ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, and metal, as well as a number of unique, nontraditional techniques. Even a bus shelter in London gets a creative make-over that s sure to make you smile!

The topics range from the playful to the serious, but the message is always most enjoyable. Humor in Craft is a treasure trove for craft aficionados and humor enthusiasts alike.

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God told me to draw these Paperback – October 17, 2013
by John F De Salvio (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-1492862963 ISBN-10: 1492862967

Political cartoons, columns, interviews, histories, feature stories and other selected writings in support of gay and lesbian communities by a former Benedictine monk and journalist - revised to biblical proportions.

Product Details
    Paperback: 220 pages
    Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2 edition (October 17, 2013)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1492862967
    ISBN-13: 978-1492862963
    Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8 x 10 inches
    Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

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Finding Your Funny Bone! The Actor's Guide to Physical Comedy And Characters Paperback – August 30, 2007
by Nancy Gold (Author)

Finding Your Funny Bone! The Actors Guide to Physical Comedy and Characters is a wonderful new how-to approach to creating physical comedy and finding the creative comic within you. Written for both teachers and performers, this easy-to-read text, punctuated by outstanding photos and illustrations, gives you all the practical tools you need to create a combination that works for you.

Explore, experience, and enjoy games and exercises for:

* mime

* mask

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Cosby: His Life and Times Hardcover – September 16, 2014
by Mark Whitaker (Author)

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy.

Far from the gentle worlds of his routines or TV shows, Cosby grew up in a Philadelphia housing project, the son of an alcoholic, largely absent father and a loving but overworked mother. With novelistic detail, award winning journalist Mark Whitaker tells the story of how, after dropping out of high school, Cosby turned his life around by joining the Navy, talking his way into college, and seizing his first breaks as a stand-up comedian.

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Bossypants Mass Market Paperback – January 29, 2013
by Tina Fey (Author)

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.

She has seen both these dreams come true.

At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.

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Behind the Curtain: An Insider's View of Jay Leno's Tonight Show Hardcover – July 10, 2014
by Dave Berg (Author)

Jay Leno's Tonight Show comes alive in this book by insider Dave Berg, who spent 18 years as Jay's co-producer.  There were always two shows: the one on stage and the one behind the curtain. This narrative weaves both together, featuring the show's most legendary moments, including Hugh Grant's game-changing mea culpa, Arnold Schwarzenegger's shocking political announcement, and the historic booking of Barack Obama as the first sitting president ever to do a late-night show. But it doesn't stop there.  Every page is full of zany, wacky and serious moments with celebrities, political and sports figures at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Foreword by Jay Leno and endorsements by Laura Bush, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Maher,  Gary Sinise, James Carville & Mary Matalin, Larry the Cable Guy and more.

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Portfoolio 22: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons (Portfoolio: Year's Best Editorial Cartoons) Paperback – January 1, 2006
by Guy Badeaux (Author)

Product Details
    Series: Portfoolio: Year's Best Editorial Cartoons
    Paperback: 204 pages
    Publisher: McArthur & Company (January 1, 2006)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1552786080
    ISBN-13: 978-1552786086
    Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
    Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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Portfoolio 21 Paperback – Nov 3 2005
by Guy Badeaux (Author)

Cartoonist Guy Badeaux has compiled the year's best editorial cartoons from Canadian cartoonists that reflect the major events of the past year: 2005.

Product Details
    Paperback: 160 pages
    Publisher: McArthur & Co (Nov. 3 2005)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1552785343
    ISBN-13: 978-1552785348
    Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.8 x 1.3 cm
    Shipping Weight: 340 g

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Portfoolio 20: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons Paperback – January 1, 2004
by Guy Badeaux (Author)

Product Details
    Paperback
    Publisher: McArtur & Company (2004)
    ISBN-10: 1552784460
    ISBN-13: 978-1552784464
    Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
    Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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Portfoolio 19 Paperback – Oct 2 2003
by Guy Badeaux (Author)

As you are reading this, Paul Martin could already be prime minister of Canada, Arnold Schwarzenegger could be governor of California and Saddam Hussein either dead or captured by the Americans. On the other hand, what we do know is that you will find in this book “freedom fries,” “roadmaps to peace,” Miss World contestants but no weapons of mass destruction. From the ludicrous claims of Clonaid to the outcry over same-sex weddings, from the excitement of both the PC and Liberal leadership races (we’re only kidding!) to the sober pronouncements of Mel Lastman (there we go again!), PORTFOOLIO 19 offers you Canada’s best editorial cartoonists’ take on an eventful year.

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Portfoolio 18: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons Paperback – November 5, 2002
by Guy Badeaux (Compiler)

What’s the connection between the war in Afghanistan and the break-up of the Alliance? Between the death of Peter Gzowski and the passing of the Queen Mum? Mike Harris bowing out and Gordon Campbell wading in? The Enron bust and the Liberal cabinet shuffle? Mel Lastman’s Hell’s Angel handshake and the Olympic figure skating scandal? They were all deserving targets of Canada’s top editorial cartoonists.

From the celebrated (Aislin, Corrigan, Gable, Raeside) to the unheralded, Portfoolio 18 offers a 12-month round-up of the funniest, the smartest, the most wicked cartoons published in 2001/2002.

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Portfoolio 17: The Year's Best Canadian Editorial Cartoons Paperback – November 1, 2001
by Jay Stone (Author), Guy Badeaux (Editor)

Product Details
    Paperback
    Publisher: Mcclelland & Stewart Ltd (November 2001)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0771010532
    ISBN-13: 978-0771010538
    Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
    Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces