Becoming a funny person?

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Okay. Girls like funny people, right? Hell all NTs like funny people.

I'm a very serious person and I'd like to become funny. I'm told sarcasm humour works great but it doesn't work too great for me because of my facial expression when I make the jokes, for some reason people just don't laugh...

I was told by a girl that she liked it when men laughed frequently even for no reason and that it made her laugh too. My laugh isn't funny. And when I have to fake it I sound like a psychopathic pervert or an evil wizard...

Amadeus in the movie of the same name had a very funny laugh, absolutely hilarious. I don't want to laugh like that though or people will question my sexuality!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmmjXGwarU[/youtube]

Anyway, any advice on being funny? Don't tell me I'm perfect the way I am because I'm not. I rarely laugh at other people's jokes and I just want to become a funny person though.

People think I'm pretty funny. And every joke I say is delivered in straightfaced deadpan. When people dont get it I think it's funny as s**t and laugh, and when they do it's even better. Just a different style of humor to get used to, but now everyone I know realizes that all the outlandish things I say are really just sarcasm or attempts to mess with their heads

Look up "Deadpan Humor" and you'll find lots of examples of comedians being funny without any change in tone or inflection.

Don't try to pretend to be someone you're not, even (or especially) to make people like you more. I'm usually pretty good at being funny but sometimes people laugh even when I'm being serious. Maybe it's because as a kid I watched a lot of classic cartoons and sitcoms, which may be how I learned to communicate and show expressions, because when I'm really happy, worried, angry or upset the whole world can see it!

I think Aspies could potentially be good at finding humorous Associations or Observations.

It is said Dan Akroyd has Asperger's and he's probably one of the few people in SnL who could think of something like the Bass O'Matic. There you have an Observation of all the As Seen On TV products, but represented with a new strange twist.

It is so hard to be funny. My attempts to make jokes seems to be considered as being mean.

That's the tricky part. Finding that fine line between being funny or offensive.

It can happen to anyone. Like the Michael Richards blowup at the comedy club.

I mostly make people laugh through deadpan humour/sarcasm and associative humour. Apparently, people find the weird trains of thought my mind embarks on to be very funny, so I just say them out loud.

I have a pretty deadpan delivery. I figured out I was funnier that way and especially if I didn't pause for a laugh or reaction. I like britcoms and silliness so thats the direction most of my jokes go. I watch a lot of stand-up and I've "borrowed" jokes or stories from friends. (they live far away, what are the odds I'll get caught?) I guess I kind of study funny and sometimes I can genuinely pull it off in conversation.

Possibly this is weird but I like telling myself jokes. I'll work bits of comedy routines or quotes from movies or one-liners into everyday conversation just because I like the way it feels linguistically. This is different from me actively telling jokes to other people and a lot of times the person I'm talking to isn't aware that I've made a joke (because frankly it can be hard to tell and because the references can be obscure) but I get a kick out of it.
Every once in a while someone surprises me and catches on. But those people are usually odd themselves, so maybe it's a tribal thing

My sense of humor is cheesy....you can always go with that.

Try and read a lot of one-liners....eventually something will come out of your mouth that is half-funny. Even if it isn't hilarious, and you just get a chuckle...it is better than nothing.

Well I don't get Deadpan humour... It doesn't make me laugh. Cheesy stuff just isn't classy enough for me. Racist Jokes, I know plenty of those but girls don't really like them I guess and then you also pass off as a Neo Nazi. I'm not a nazi.

I found references to the Benign Violation Theory of humor. Click on the link to read or download the PDF.

I agree with the suggestions to use deadpan humor. A lot of people appreciate dry and witty stuff too.