Comments on: All In The Family http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/ Life with Lip -- a blog by John Lustig Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-157 admin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:10:37 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-157 Well that's two votes for the old one; one for the new. Anyone else have an opinion? This is getting interesting. Well that’s two votes for the old one; one for the new. Anyone else have an opinion? This is getting interesting.

]]> By: Ken http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Ken Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:08:09 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-156 I had never seen the original before so after seeing the latest version, I checked out the previous one. I actually liked the old one better... got a chuckle out of me which the latest one didn't. I had never seen the original before so after seeing the latest version, I checked out the previous one. I actually liked the old one better… got a chuckle out of me which the latest one didn’t.

]]> By: admin http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-155 admin Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:50:51 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-155 Thanks, Bru. (Or rather Mr. Bru-Hed to give a creator of your status proper due.) I still like the new one better, but you're dead on about the dangers of changing old work. It's devilishly hard because sometimes it's the quirky little stuff that you don't seem to need and therefore cut that end up making a joke funny. I'm actually finding that it's harder to re-write an old joke than create a new one. I think I succeed more often than I fail, but who can say? Thanks, Bru. (Or rather Mr. Bru-Hed to give a creator of your status proper due.) I still like the new one better, but you’re dead on about the dangers of changing old work. It’s devilishly hard because sometimes it’s the quirky little stuff that you don’t seem to need and therefore cut that end up making a joke funny. I’m actually finding that it’s harder to re-write an old joke than create a new one. I think I succeed more often than I fail, but who can say?

]]> By: Bru-Hed http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Bru-Hed Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:46:05 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-154 Hiya, John! My first time at the blog/site...very cool! Tho I hate to admit I think the original is funnier. I "get" the thinking behind the new one, but I'm all about the laughs. I've reworked some of my own gags for strips/comics so I totally understand your motivation. Sometimes one will sit there and bug you and you don't know why...you play with it for awhile and something comes up that seems to make more sense. But does it make it funnier? Some yes, some not. That's what's great about comedy--there are no right answers! If half your audience laughs, you're a roaring success. (That's why I've always had MUCH more respect for comedians and comedy writers vs. "serious dramatists"...Any idiot can write a sad or depressing story about his or someone else's life; but how many can really make people giggle like monkeys?? It ain't easy no how.) Keep up the excellent work!!!! Hiya, John! My first time at the blog/site…very cool! Tho I hate to admit I think the original is funnier. I “get” the thinking behind the new one, but I’m all about the laughs.

I’ve reworked some of my own gags for strips/comics so I totally understand your motivation. Sometimes one will sit there and bug you and you don’t know why…you play with it for awhile and something comes up that seems to make more sense. But does it make it funnier? Some yes, some not. That’s what’s great about comedy–there are no right answers! If half your audience laughs, you’re a roaring success. (That’s why I’ve always had MUCH more respect for comedians and comedy writers vs. “serious dramatists”…Any idiot can write a sad or depressing story about his or someone else’s life; but how many can really make people giggle like monkeys?? It ain’t easy no how.)

Keep up the excellent work!!!!

]]> By: admin http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-153 admin Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:19:27 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-153 Eilis, I think the guy's running for mayor of a small town in Alaska. He's campaigning heavily for the wolf vote. Norm, I'm glad you like the new version better. I'm probably going to dump the old version when I revamp my archive a bit later this year. Thanks! Eilis, I think the guy’s running for mayor of a small town in Alaska. He’s campaigning heavily for the wolf vote.

Norm, I’m glad you like the new version better. I’m probably going to dump the old version when I revamp my archive a bit later this year. Thanks!

]]> By: normfromga http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-152 normfromga Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:36:51 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-152 I like the revision a lot better... The first has a punchline that needed a followup explanation. The second made you feel sorry for the guy just a millisecond, before you realized that he got what he deserved... I definitely preferred the second. I like the revision a lot better…

The first has a punchline that needed a followup explanation.

The second made you feel sorry for the guy just a millisecond, before you realized that he got what he deserved…

I definitely preferred the second.

]]> By: Eilis Flynn http://www.lastkisscomics.com/2009/04/20/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Eilis Flynn Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:24:31 +0000 http://www.lastkisscomics.com/?p=478#comment-151 Guy's a natural salesman -- can't you see him going into politics? Guy’s a natural salesman — can’t you see him going into politics?

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