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Hey friends, I tore BOTH of my arms up at a show last week and will be getting surgery to replace both tendons. Both biceps are torn away from the ligaments. It was while doing a gag that went horribly wrong. IT WAS THE WORST PAIN I HAVE EVER FELT. I am trying not to let it get me down. The LOVE, SUPPORT and CONCERN I have received the last day has been so uplifting and encouraging! I meet with a surgeon tomorrow and am hoping for the best. Until then, I LOVE YOU ALL!! Boston-born
comedian/actor
Jim Lauletta is said to be
one of the
most popular headlining
college
and club in acts in New
England, Las Vegas and
Atlantic City! He’s
with out a doubt comedy’s
best
kept secret. But not for
long! His twisted, random
and cynical delivery leaves
crowds
wondering, "What will he say
next?!".
Jim’s national
television credits include:
HBO’s
U.S. Comedy Arts Festival’s
Best of
the Fest, NBC, Comedy
Central and
Comcast’s Comedy Spotlight
and most recently NESN's
Comedy All-Stars. Jim is
guaranteed to leave you
smiling for days even after
you see his show! The Jim
Lauletta Comedy Showcase is
Every Tuesday at: To book Jim
for YOUR special event,
just send him
an email ! There is a direct
link to his
email on the
menu to your left on this
home page.
Contact my good friend
Mike Smith for
all your
comedy fund raiser needs!!
He’s a
reputable,
honest and decent guy who
you know you
can
count on.
Here’s a link to his
website:
La
ughRiotProductions.com
Tell Mike Jimmy sent
ya! The Healing Power of
Laughter:
Questions and Answers on
Laughing When
We
Hurt
Excerpt from an interview
with Annette
Goodheart
in Science of Mind
Magazine
Is there a difference
between
laughter and
humor ?
AG:
Yes, and recognizing that
difference is
a real key to
understanding the healing
power of
playful
laughter. Humor is
intellectual, a way
of viewing the
world. There've been a lot
of studies on
humor, but
no agreement on what's
funny. You think
certain
things are funny and I think
other
things are funny,
because we have different
senses of
humor. We may
cross over in certain areas,
but there
will still be
basic, individual
differences. People in
Russia are
amused by different things
than we are
here. There
are differences between
someone in New
York and
someone in California. A
man's idea of
'funny' is
often different from a
woman's. These
differences
go on and on.
Laughter, on the other hand,
is
universal. It's a
profound process that
involves every
major system
in the body. It's spiritual,
physiological, and
emotional. It's not
intellectual, except
perhaps -
with adults - after the
fact. Think of
the kind of
laughter babies do. When we
see a baby
laughing,
nobody says, 'Doesn't that
baby have a
wonderful
sense of humor?'
Most people think our sense
of humor is
what
causes us to laugh, but it's
really the
other way
around. And we would have
more
opportunities to
laugh if we didn't think we
have to
agree on what's
funny. Laughter doesn't need
a reason to
be - in
fact, laughter is
unreasonable,
illogical, and
irrational. Laughter exists
for its own
sake. Infants
provide a good example of
this, because
they learn
to laugh first and later on
develop a
sense of
humor, which is a playfully
intellectual
way of
relating to the world.
Q. How can I laugh at things
that hurt?
A. Sadly for many people
this question
prevents
them from using the healing
power of
laughter to
deal with the pain. Many of
us are
unaware that we
laugh because we hurt.
Abandoning our
laughter
because of overwhelming pain
simply
keeps us
feeling victimized. Tapping
into
laughter as nature
meant for us to do restores
our personal
power so
we no longer feel like
victims. We are
able to cope
with our pain .
Q. Don't we laugh because
we're happy?
A. No, we don't. We are
actually happier
because we
laugh. Every time we laugh,
we heal,
That's why we
feel better after we laugh,
not
before.
Q. Won't laughing at my
problems
minimize their
importance?
A. Absolutely not. laughter
is always
born of
important feelings. It is
nature's way
of aiding our
survival by giving us a new
perspective
so we may
find ways to cope. Observe
your own and
other
people's laughter and watch
this
important process
take place.
Q. What if I don't feel like
laughing?
A. You may need to cry which
is equally
healing.
Tears are the healing not
the pain. You
may need
to have a "tantrum" which is
also
healing. Watch the
little children. They use
their natural
healing
processes with masterful
ease. They care
for their
pain with laughter, crying,
and rage
without
wondering if it's okay or
which process
is best.
They follow their
emotions.
Q. Why should I consider
laughing when I
feel so
bad?
A. Because we laugh when we
are hurt and
laughter
heals. The laughter was
yours for the
taking at
birth. You used it then, and
you can
again. It's
simply a matter of opening
oneself to
the healing
powers of one's own body to
assist in
dealing with
our painful emotions. We
have to feel
our emotions
in order to heal. Our
thoughts then
assist our
understanding. We need to
feel as well
as think in
order to regain our balance
so we can
cope.
Q. Who needs it?
A. Everybody! Laughter is
important and
effective
for individuals, couples,
families,
businesses,
schools, medical facilities
and all
other
organizations.
Q. How to get it!?!
A. Go see LIVE stand-up
comedy at a
comedy club
near you! Especially if Jim
Lauletta
there! And if he's
not? CALL THE CLUB AND
DEMAND IT! LOL
object
width="320"
height="240" > Not only is Boston-
born
comedian/actor Jim Lauletta
one of the most popular
headlining college and club
in acts in New England, he's
a regular performer in Las
Vegas and Atlantic City!
Jim's national television
credits include: HBO's U.S.
Comedy Arts Festival's Best
of the Fest, NBC, Comedy
Central and Comcast's Comedy
Spotlight. After being
featured on Comedy Central's
"Shorties Watchin'
Shorties", Jim was invited
to Denis Leary's Comics Come
Home XI in 2005 and wowed a
crowd 6,000 and his demand
has soared ever since.
Jim's fast wit, honesty and
interaction with the
audience ensure that no two
shows are exactly alike but
do, however, include his
signature closing
impressions you have to see
and hear to believe.
Jim's new prescence in the
world of recovery has not
gone unnoticed either. Jim's
struggles with drugs and
alcohol over the years and
his new found sobriety has
given him more purpose
than Hollywood ever has.
Jim is available for
speaking engagements at High
Schools and Colleges to
share his own experience
stregnth and hope with
anyone else who may be
suffering with the horrible
disease of addiction.
Email Jim at
OneFunnyBastid2@aol.com for
any booking information and
rates! Jim is PERFECT
FOR: , To book Jim for YOUR special
event,
just send him
an email ! There is a direct link to his
email on the
menu to your left on this home page.
Contact my good friend Mike Smith for
all your
comedy fund raiser needs!! He’s a
reputable,
honest and decent guy who you know you
can
count on.
Here’s a link to his website:
La
ughRiotProductions.com
Tell Mike Jimmy sent ya! The Healing Power of Laughter:
Questions and Answers on Laughing When
We
Hurt
Excerpt from an interview with Annette
Goodheart
in Science of Mind Magazine
Is there a difference between
laughter and
humor ?
AG:
Yes, and recognizing that difference is
a real key to
understanding the healing power of
playful
laughter. Humor is intellectual, a way
of viewing the
world. There've been a lot of studies on
humor, but
no agreement on what's funny. You think
certain
things are funny and I think other
things are funny,
because we have different senses of
humor. We may
cross over in certain areas, but there
will still be
basic, individual differences. People in
Russia are
amused by different things than we are
here. There
are differences between someone in New
York and
someone in California. A man's idea of
'funny' is
often different from a woman's. These
differences
go on and on.
Laughter, on the other hand, is
universal. It's a
profound process that involves every
major system
in the body. It's spiritual,
physiological, and
emotional. It's not intellectual, except
perhaps -
with adults - after the fact. Think of
the kind of
laughter babies do. When we see a baby
laughing,
nobody says, 'Doesn't that baby have a
wonderful
sense of humor?'
Most people think our sense of humor is
what
causes us to laugh, but it's really the
other way
around. And we would have more
opportunities to
laugh if we didn't think we have to
agree on what's
funny. Laughter doesn't need a reason to
be - in
fact, laughter is unreasonable,
illogical, and
irrational. Laughter exists for its own
sake. Infants
provide a good example of this, because
they learn
to laugh first and later on develop a
sense of
humor, which is a playfully intellectual
way of
relating to the world.
Q. How can I laugh at things that hurt?
A. Sadly for many people this question
prevents
them from using the healing power of
laughter to
deal with the pain. Many of us are
unaware that we
laugh because we hurt. Abandoning our
laughter
because of overwhelming pain simply
keeps us
feeling victimized. Tapping into
laughter as nature
meant for us to do restores our personal
power so
we no longer feel like victims. We are
able to cope
with our pain .
Q. Don't we laugh because we're happy?
A. No, we don't. We are actually happier
because we
laugh. Every time we laugh, we heal,
That's why we
feel better after we laugh, not
before.
Q. Won't laughing at my problems
minimize their
importance?
A. Absolutely not. laughter is always
born of
important feelings. It is nature's way
of aiding our
survival by giving us a new perspective
so we may
find ways to cope. Observe your own and
other
people's laughter and watch this
important process
take place.
Q. What if I don't feel like laughing?
A. You may need to cry which is equally
healing.
Tears are the healing not the pain. You
may need
to have a "tantrum" which is also
healing. Watch the
little children. They use their natural
healing
processes with masterful ease. They care
for their
pain with laughter, crying, and rage
without
wondering if it's okay or which process
is best.
They follow their emotions.
Q. Why should I consider laughing when I
feel so
bad?
A. Because we laugh when we are hurt and
laughter
heals. The laughter was yours for the
taking at
birth. You used it then, and you can
again. It's
simply a matter of opening oneself to
the healing
powers of one's own body to assist in
dealing with
our painful emotions. We have to feel
our emotions
in order to heal. Our thoughts then
assist our
understanding. We need to feel as well
as think in
order to regain our balance so we can
cope.
Q. Who needs it?
A. Everybody! Laughter is important and
effective
for individuals, couples, families,
businesses,
schools, medical facilities and all
other
organizations.
Q. How to get it!?!
A. Go see LIVE stand-up comedy at a
comedy club
near you! Especially if Jim Lauletta
there! And if he's
not? CALL THE CLUB AND DEMAND IT! LOL | | onefunnybastid2@aol.com | Boston | Massachusetts | |