John Cleese

The tactic that John Cleese uses about humor is a good way to go about being creative. When people are serious that usually leads to people thinking inside the box and following rules. Humor is a good way to think outside of the box and think lightly about a topic, this tactic I feel is more effective than being in a serious manner all the time. Some comedians are said to be creative thinkers, they make people laugh, and I feel that is on the creative side, I could not stand in front of a crowd and make people laugh with the thoughts in my head like comedians can. Television shows are sometimes humorous and the writers in my opinion would be creative, for an example the show, Spongebob Squarepants is a funny show, and the writers were creative in making it funny. The writers thought outside of the box and being outside of the box is a main idea in my definition of being creative.  Using humor to reflect creativity is an idea that I support and agree with. When a person uses humor as appose to seriousness, the person thinks about things in new ways, humorous ways that most people can understand. Using humor in a classroom is more understandable than seriousness because we as students can relate to the humor being used. When we go back into our notes at the end of a chapter to get ready for a test, the things we remember are the topics we can most likely relate to, because it is easily remembered in our minds. Serious topics are usually said to be boring in way. Humor is creative in the sense that people understand it more often than not. Creativity can be used in many different ways, but the way John Cleese decided to use it works in his favor. As a student having been assigned this video to watch, I feel it was interesting and humorous, which I feel is most memorable when learning and creative as well.