The Proverbial Crickets
By Amber
@AmbiePam (79425)
United States
September 19, 2023 9:43am CST
I remember a couple of years ago I was awake around 2am, and hadn't been able to sleep in three days. I turned the TV channel to one that was airing reruns of a CBS sitcom from the early 2000s. After watching a few minutes, I started laughing so hard! I wondered how I missed this funny show when it originally aired. Determined to catch up on it, I went through and set my DVR to record every upcoming rerun. Shortly thereafter, I finally fell asleep.
The next morning, after getting around, I turned on an episode for awhile as I sat and ate breakfast. And sat, waiting to laugh. To put it mildly, no mirth burst forth.
It was terribly unfunny! I could not believe the lack of sleep had made me so goofy I was laughing at basically anything!
Have any of you ever experienced that! (I'm not going to say the show because I don't want to give that show any interest.)
It was terribly unfunny! I could not believe the lack of sleep had made me so goofy I was laughing at basically anything!
Have any of you ever experienced that! (I'm not going to say the show because I don't want to give that show any interest.)18 people like this
18 responses
@1creekgirl (38982)
• United States
19 Sep
I agree, Fiacre. There are very few (any?) sit coms that I think are funny.
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@RebeccasFarm (107851)
• United States
19 Sep
Lack of sleep can have devastating consequences.
I am sure many of us have experienced this at one time in life.
For me, it is happening on a constant basis as ever since I was in my twenties, I have not slept a wink really to put it mildly. No peace, no rest.
Perhaps that is why I am bonkers and do laugh at things that are not funny and also interact with those who are not funny too.
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@RebeccasFarm (107851)
• United States
19 Sep
@AmbiePam Hoot hoot
You are pretty funny too..I know what you mean about laughing and then crickets..shock to the system, like what was I thinking?
You are pretty funny too..I know what you mean about laughing and then crickets..shock to the system, like what was I thinking?1 person likes this
@snowy22315 (162812)
• United States
20 Sep
I can't say that I have, usually I either like a show or I don't. Sometimes they can kind of grow on you though.
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@snowy22315 (162812)
• United States
20 Sep
@AmbiePam I have only watched an episode or two of that. Sometime I will watch the series. I also never watched How I Met Your Mother. One thing I fell in love with on NF because I didn't watch it on cable was Breaking Bad. Seriously, awesome series.
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@LindaOHio (138918)
• United States
19 Sep
The only time I really lost it was when I worked at Morton Salt. In the winter time we worked 12 hour days. One evening I was so tired I started laughing at the stupidest thing. I won't even mention what it was because it was so stupid. I couldn't stop laughing. Have a good day.
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@ptrikha_2 (44515)
• India
26 Sep
Yes at times this happens.
I used to enjoy a TV program during my childhood.
However once I saw it again on YT or somewhere, I did not feel it to be do enjoyable.
Times of sleep or stress can make us behave otherwise.
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@allknowing (129082)
• India
19 Sep
Never been through what you have. My sleeplessness would just be just that - sleeplessness with tossing and turning
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@xstitcher (28960)
• Petaluma, California
9 Oct
Can't say that has happened to me.
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@Chellezhere (5236)
• United States
19 Sep
Yes. I am not a fan of sophomoric humor. One day, I was sick - too sick to leave the bed. Those are (or were back before I switched to streaming) the days I search for movies OnDemand. That day, I was hard pressed to find anything worthwhile, so I chose Tammy, starring Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon. I don't think I laughed that hard in years.
https://www.vudu.com/content/browse/details/Tammy-Extended-Cut-/609705
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@MommyOfEli2013 (78079)
• Rupert, Idaho
20 Sep
Well now I am curious, lol! but no I don't think I have ever experienced something like that
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@MarieCoyle (22402)
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20 Sep
There is a fine line at times of humor can jump to cruelty, making fun of others, being hateful. Pulling one little joke on someone can be funny. Endless jokes on the same person can easily turn into torture for that person. I am sure you know what I mean.
And yes, I do know that I can easily be overly sensitive. I hate it when people are hurt and others don't really care.
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@RasmaSandra (69321)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Sep
That was the reason for shows being taped with laugh tracks. The laugh track was meant to get people to laugh even though the show was not too funny. What sitcom was it? Personally I think that the best sticoms were during the 60, 70s, and 80s
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@Marilynda1225 (77726)
• United States
19 Sep
It really is funny how lack of sleep can make something seem funny.
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