Humor's Not Dead; it's Just Morphed Into Something Else...


Just when I thought humor was pretty much dead in America, I remembered about the Mark Twain or Sam Clemens Awards, I don't recall which, at the Washington Kennedy Center and they were honoring Billy Crystal.



I don’t know why I always seem to forget about Billy Crystal when it comes to humor considering his vast body of work and his gentle humor that seems to hold so many truths for us of another generation.



As people are beginning to relate to Neal Young, Leonard Cohen and Dillon, many have begun to gravitate to the humor of their parents and are beginning to recognize the timelessness of a good story well told.



Billy is a master. I first saw him on Soap where he played the first openly gay young person in the early 70’s. It was a breakthrough at the time.



Soap became the vehicle for his great talent and his subsequent successes on SNL which later brought him to the movie and eventually a winning host for eight seasons at the Academy Awards.



Billy was a local guy from Long Beach Long Island who made it big with a lot of hard work and talent and I think he was an inspiration to all of us struggling to make a name for ourselves, whatever our line of work. He was living proof that a local boy could make it in New York, seemingly a million miles away and then in Hollywood.



He didn’t need to pretentious or vulgar to do it. His humor was always gentle, the humor of an observer with a flair for timing and accents.



He was never the bad boy Richard Pryor or crazy like his closest friend, Robin Williams.

And it showed last night when a broad cross section of the greatest names in the communication industry came out to pay their respects.



It was a good time to realize how fortunate we are to have someone of his ilk to add a needed dimension to life: humor that you could take home to the kids.



Thank you, Billy Crystal for making it one great night!



Les Aaron.




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