Music to make you laugh by

Mimes should be shot. Be sure to use a silencer. Or is a mime a terrible thing to waste?

Anything performed by "The 101 Strings". Funnier than a good standup comic and more camp than a John Waters production. They put Muzak to shame in this particular venue.

Some of most clever and original sounding music that made me smile broadly -- well, maybe I even laughed once or twice because the music hit a responsive chord -- can be heard on recordings by the Microscopic Sextet, and the Willem Breuker Collective. Both groups play a style of off-center jazz that still has what Stanley Crouch calls "the sound of surprise". For those whose jazz tastes may not be ready for these two groups, you might start with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

In my previous post, I forgot to add the work by PDQ Bach, better known as Peter Shickele (sp?). Now, THAT'S funny stuff!!

You can't mention Spike Jones and Peter Schikele without including the late Victor Borge. Phonetic punctuation, anyone?