Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here we are, stuck in the middle

At the risk of sounding like an old fart, I'm going to sound like an old fart when I say, "I miss the good ole days."

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." Charlie Chapman

Barney fumbling for his bullet....

Tim Conway, with his Siamese elephant impersonation..Harvey, Carol, "Momma" there on the couch.. Momma, finalizing after with "Is that little asshole finished?" - Harvey, falling of the couch.

Lucy and Ethel, trying to keep up wrapping chocolates on the conveyor belt..

"Laughter is an instant vacation." Milton Berle

Lonesome George, sitting between Johnny Carson and Dean Martin - Bob Hope on the other side... George, mid-story-telling, Dean, flipping his cigarette ashes in George's drink, unbeknownst to George.

Candid Camera, when it's least expected - laughter.

The Red Skelton Show... Red, doing stand-up, using jokes that were fit to be printed on church bulletins..

Granny, belittling Milburn Drysdale to Jed Clampett, warning of "city folk."

Samantha, trying hard not to "twitch her nose" using the magical powers she promised Darrin she wouldn't use, Endora begging otherwise in her quest to rid Samantha of the mortal Darrin..

"Well Good Morning Mrs. Cleaver."

"To me, there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter." PT Barnum

Well Gyoooahhhllll-leeeeee

Belushi, Radner, Murray, Aykroyd...

Klinger's most recent fashion...

Where everybody knows your name..

Ralph Kramden, wife Alice, knucklehead Ed Norton.

"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one." Oscar Wilde

Friends

George, Jerry, Elaine - no soup.

Carlin, Pryor, Williams, Rickles, Newhart, Martin, Murphy, Allen, Winters, Rivers, Burns, Hope, a long, long list.

While we, the divisive clowns on the left, jokers on the right, keep high blood pressure pill manufacturers in business, mebbe, just mebbe, we should simply laugh. At ourselves. At/with others.

"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter." Mark Twain

Some website told me "Laughter really does burn calories."... "And release feel-good chemicals in your brain."... "Your whole brain gets involved (rather than just one hemisphere.")... "It strengthens your bond with other people."... "And relaxes your whole body for up to 45 minutes."

Mebbe, as a prerequisite to any left/right politico fodder, it should be required to start with a good, (mostly) clean, quick joke.

You know like... "What do you call Bears with no ears?".... B

"What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?" The taste.

"Why can't you hear a pterodactyl go the the bathroom?" Because the "P" is silent.

"Why did the lifeguard kick the elephants out of the pool?"... They kept dropping their trunks.

By unanimous vote, I will stop. (You're welcome.)

Tune in tomorrow when we'll discuss the benefits to the gastrointestinal system when one farts.

Love, Victurd