Howard Ronald "Ron" Shock (October 19, 1942 – May 17, 2012) was an American comedian and storyteller who was best known for his reenactments of stories that he extracted from newspapers. (wikipedia)
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along.
There's probably been very few people in comedy that have a diversified background as I do.
I look at things logically. The humor I do is to go from A to B to C to D, and F is the funny.
I can't write a joke. I could never write. I do a lot of stories and I call them stories, but they're just comedy recitals on a given subject.
It has been a wonderful life for me. It's just been a blessing. I can't say I would have done it any other way. I have no regrets. I like what I do.
I have a routine I go through on the days that I work, and I don't want to divert from that.
I didn't get rich and famous, but I do what I love.
Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I had a way with words.
Each piece I tell stands on its own, and then it all ties together. It segues from story to story, and then I wrap it up - like three-piece movements in a symphony.
Most people are used to the T.V. comedy method of one joke every 18 seconds. And that's why it's not funny... There's no time for anything to develop.
