I work out every morning as part of my effort to battle depression. While I work out, I watch Angel...which TNT is good enough to air from five to six am and six to seven am. Even when I am feeling absolutely wretched, there are lines from that show that make me laugh out loud. For example this, from Season Five, Episode One "Conviction":

SNIPPET ONE
Gunn: Man, do I look like I belong here? You got the mystical creds at least. I just hit stuff. I mean, even if this works, and we can turn this place around, use it to do some good, it's gonna be a long, long while before any of us gets anywhere near comfortable here.
(The focus moves to Lorne, who's walking through the lobby, talking on a cell phone, accompanied by a man holding three binders.)

Lorne: Oh, sweetie, it's perfect! Yes, it's perfect. It's the project you've been waiting for. Yeah, it's "Joanie Loves Chachi" meets "The Sorrow and the Pity." It's "Joanie Loves Pity." And you're— (puts the phone to his shoulder and nods at one of the binders the man beside him is holding out) yeah, that carpet's great because I want our clients to become dizzy and vomit. Keep flipping, huh? (to the phone) Yeah, you're a shoo-in. The part's yours. Yeah, I've got a whole freezer full of horses' heads downstairs. No, I'm just kidding. But listen, the producer's a client, so read it and we'll talk. (to the man with the binders) OK. Better. Horrible and pathetic, but better.


SNIPPET TWO
Gunn: Think fast! (throws a basketball toward Wesley, who catches it in his belly with one hand because the other still has the coffee mug) Heh! Gotta be faster than that in this place.

Wesley: Cricket's more my game.

Gunn: I've made up my mind. How's Fred doing?

Wesley: I'm sure Knoxy will take wonderful care of her. Don't you think it's a bit unseemly adding y's to the ends of people's names?

Gunn: Does that mean I have to call you "Westle"?

Wesley: (frowns) Made up your mind about what?

Gunn: (pulls Wesley toward the offices) Oh! I want the one on the left. This one makes me feel a little bit less completely out of place. I'd say 17% less. Plus... (gestures toward the windows) a little bit of a view of the mountains. Lived my whole life in L.A., now I find out there are mountains. A brother should be told.

Wesley: It's very nice.

Gunn: So's yours. I mean, if it works for you. (walk to the adjoining office) We can switch if you don't like the—you know, the kung pao or whatever.

Wesley: Fung shui.

Gunn: Right. What's that mean again?

Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, feng shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.


Hopefully some here watch Angel or the above will mean nothing.

Anyway, this is a post for stuff that makes you laugh even when you are in the middle of the worst depression you've ever experienced. It doesn't have to be quotes...it could be something your dog does, a scene from a book, a funny bumper sticker you saw. I'm thinking that if we pool them here, we'll get a huge ball o' funny that may help us during the really, really crappy times.

This post has been edited by MLO: Aug 18 2006, 05:41 AM

Well I cant just come up with one line but repeats of Seinfeld do it for me...I love to laugh despite being under this cloud.....ok i'll try one..

Jerry's dating a lady who saw his comedy act and decides she doesnt want to see him anymore cause she just doesnt respect what he does so Jerry says "Your a cashier"...

oh well..guess you had to be there..

Haha....This made me think of a T-shirt I saw in the mall....It has a picture of a man sitting in this run down old shack....Tied up to a chair and all these bear butts sticking though the windows of the shack.....The shirt reads ".........The Redneck Gas Chamber"...LOL

Lee Evans

And this sounds sad, but i make myself laugh sometimes.

Angel is a kick *** show, love it. Buffy, angel, dark angle, charmed, all good to me.

This post has been edited by Enigmatic_Soul: Aug 18 2006, 09:04 AM

Any of Ron White's comedy shows:

"What do you expect me to do?? I'm in GEOR-GIA!!!"

The things that always make me laugh in spite of my depression are the super slapstick comedies of old, without any hint of seriousness, just competely zany comedy - not the newer ones but the older ones. One of my favorite zany comedies was the movie Airplane featuring Leslie Nielson. I'll never forget the scene were the woman in the airplane was panicking, and Leslie Nielson came up to her, shook her and said "get a hold of yourself!" and slapped her. Then as the camera panned back we saw a line of people waiting to do that, some with weapons like brass knuckles and stuff. It was hilarious it was just so off the wall.

I forgot the movies

Best In Show
Waiting for Guffman
Ghostbusters

"GET HER! That was your entire plan....GET HER"

"Venkman. Your mucus"

"Would I like some coffee?"
"Yes, have some"
"Yes, have some"

Austin Powers, Jimmy Carr, Little Britain and the catherine tate show!

There is an old black and white Andy Griffith film called "no Time for Seargents" that makes me laugh so hard I cannot breathe. It always works. It is just that good.

Amen, I have his DVD box set =).

Animes:

Trigun,Evangelion & Fooly Cooly ect ect.

Reno 911...but that's more funny weird than funny ha ha.
I have a mini-video of my dog disemboweling a stuffed bunny dog toy that's pretty funny. The stuffing keeps getting caught in his mouth.

I just saw this smiley today.



It doesn't make me laugh, but it does make me smile and feel a little better.

"How does someone turn up missing?"

Hey, I'm easily amused. Most of the time.

Along those same lines...anything by Stephen Wright, who asks a lot of questions like the above.

Steven Wright is hilarious! I was lucky enough to see him a few times when I was in college.

My dog makes me laugh out loud every single day. If you need some entertainment, get yourself a terrier or terrier mix. The comedians of the dog world!

KA

Actually, I have a Boston terrier that we rescued from the pound. His picture appears under my user name.

He does make me laugh, but he also makes me sad because he has seperation anxiety and a lot of issues from his former owners.