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Studies have shown that the comedy quotient of public figures is
a constantly diminishing figure. While some people achieve high lifetime humor
ratings, this is almost always based on a high incidence of comedy within a relatively
short time frame. Paleface-era Bob Hope, for example, is
funny enough to chart a high overall F rating, even though Bob Hope has
not gotten
any intentional laughs for decades.
![[who's who in the world of laffter?]](img/chucklemeter.gif)
But there's one person who smashes the chuckle meter into a million
pieces,
a public figure who has been getting laughs so consistently for so long
that he's really off the radar screen. Can you guess who? Here's a hint ...
![[take my vife!]](img/funnyfuhrer.gif)
Mel Brooks or Charlie Chaplin might claim to be the first
humorist to tickle funny bones with gratuitous Fuhrer gags, but even when
George Grosz
was drawing cartoons of absurd fascists during the Weimar republic, people knew you can't spell
Luftwaffe without L-A-F-F. And even though we may be in the post-historical era, it's still
possible to get quick and easy giggles just by mentioning ...
...that darn Hitler!
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![[simpleton's laffen ss comedy hour!]](img/laffenss.gif)