Clone story 2
Subject A was half-human, half-human clone, and half-chimpanzee. They made him 1.5 times the quantity of a single normal human. Some people think the clone side of him was really the funniest, but the team always intended him to get his laughs from the regular human side. Otherwise, they argue, they would have just made him straight-up equal parts of clone and chimp. But humor was always their intention. No matter your opinion about what makes him so hilarious, his career owes everything to his extra half. Dr. Johnsonian tells the tale:
"Me and my stupid friends were into watching television [in the 1970's]. We thought there was some funny things they showed on it. I used to find humor in trivial dialogue spoken obnoxiously by smarmy twenty-somethings. I still do, of course, but back then my interest bordered on the fanatical. My stupid friends and I would try to find some way to express our appreciation. Concrete poured over the t.v. quickly led to molten lead, and then finally, molten gold. Maria used to dress up as a baby and we'd all coo at her. I vowed solemnly to never vomit again. But it wasn't enough. The grotesques on television were so funny that we couldn't "laugh" hard enough. I wanted to laugh so hard that I was willing to try anything, and my stupid friends agreed. So we decided to make a funny person. Someone who would be funny and also, at the same time, be outside the television. At my insistence, we made a couple of solemn vows - never to pour concrete over our comedian, never to introduce him to friends or relatives, and never to bathe each other or ourselves ever again. Some friends of mine broke their promises and we made them leave our group. The ones that stayed were rewarded ten-fold. We birthed a funny man who made us more than laugh and we launched him into a successful career (after waiting the necessary 20+ years). Others found him amusing and wrote articles about him. I think his human side shows through when he cracks a joke."
Subject A wasn't as well-received as Dr. Johnsonian implies. Sharpy Pesterson,a member of the doctor's elite team of "stupid friends" explains:
"That threefold freak wasn't as funny to most people as I had originally expected. Audiences would hear his jokes and just think "that's a joke" and dismiss it. We actually had to start social campaigns among the populace to teach that jokes have purposes. So many used to automatically reject a comedian's dialogue as a joke without ever really knowing what the word meant. We got a lot of help and support in this campaign from other comedians who wanted their audiences to be more accepting. That's one of the things I'm really proud of. I got the chance to really look at some of these people up-close and see their faces, many of which were so funny in their obscenity. I laughed a mile a minute, and I was very happy as a result. There's something very fulfilling about selfishness, and how it relates to humor."
In his autobiography, Subject A recalls with fondness his successful career:
"There is so little in this world to lie about. If you tell the truth, you will be under suspicion anyway. Make as little of their noise as you can."
"Me and my stupid friends were into watching television [in the 1970's]. We thought there was some funny things they showed on it. I used to find humor in trivial dialogue spoken obnoxiously by smarmy twenty-somethings. I still do, of course, but back then my interest bordered on the fanatical. My stupid friends and I would try to find some way to express our appreciation. Concrete poured over the t.v. quickly led to molten lead, and then finally, molten gold. Maria used to dress up as a baby and we'd all coo at her. I vowed solemnly to never vomit again. But it wasn't enough. The grotesques on television were so funny that we couldn't "laugh" hard enough. I wanted to laugh so hard that I was willing to try anything, and my stupid friends agreed. So we decided to make a funny person. Someone who would be funny and also, at the same time, be outside the television. At my insistence, we made a couple of solemn vows - never to pour concrete over our comedian, never to introduce him to friends or relatives, and never to bathe each other or ourselves ever again. Some friends of mine broke their promises and we made them leave our group. The ones that stayed were rewarded ten-fold. We birthed a funny man who made us more than laugh and we launched him into a successful career (after waiting the necessary 20+ years). Others found him amusing and wrote articles about him. I think his human side shows through when he cracks a joke."
Subject A wasn't as well-received as Dr. Johnsonian implies. Sharpy Pesterson,a member of the doctor's elite team of "stupid friends" explains:
"That threefold freak wasn't as funny to most people as I had originally expected. Audiences would hear his jokes and just think "that's a joke" and dismiss it. We actually had to start social campaigns among the populace to teach that jokes have purposes. So many used to automatically reject a comedian's dialogue as a joke without ever really knowing what the word meant. We got a lot of help and support in this campaign from other comedians who wanted their audiences to be more accepting. That's one of the things I'm really proud of. I got the chance to really look at some of these people up-close and see their faces, many of which were so funny in their obscenity. I laughed a mile a minute, and I was very happy as a result. There's something very fulfilling about selfishness, and how it relates to humor."
In his autobiography, Subject A recalls with fondness his successful career:
"There is so little in this world to lie about. If you tell the truth, you will be under suspicion anyway. Make as little of their noise as you can."
