T.O.S. (Those old sardonics):
DS9 s7e3 “Afterimage”
To be fair, quite a few comedians deal with depression and other things that can lead you to counselling. I make my therapist laugh all the time ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Prime example…
I won’t lie he was at the top of mind. I was actually doing a Guest Control shift for ‘World of Color’ after his passing. There’s a segment where his Genie character throws a neon ‘Applause’ sign that marked the halfway point of the show. I’ve never heard a crowd cheer harder.
Speaking as a counsellor!
We deal with all kinds of feelings. 😃
I love having a laugh as much as a cry
“Vesti la giubba” - Italian for “Put on the costume”
“Profit and Lace”
Not one of Ira Steven Behr’s best. Probably his most contentious.
That being said, I’d love to hear Quark’s attempt at opera.
For anyone wondering of the references here
‘Pagliacci’ is a famous Italian opera from 1892 by Leoncavallo
“Vesti la giubba” (“Put on the costume”) is one of the famous songs sung during the performance … the basic story of the opera is that a clownish performer is cheated on and he even though he is feeling sad, depressed and unhappy about being cheated on … he still has to perform and make people laugh … so he ‘puts on the costume’ and pretends to be happy while being terribly sad inside.
It’s a famous opera that gives us the origins of the idea of the ‘sad clown’
Much like Quark being made to feel stupid and silly being dressed up as a female … he still ‘puts on the costume’, even though he feels stupid (btw - it was one of the most silliest episodes of DS9, but I still loved it).
I only know all this because I’ve always really enjoyed Luciano Pavarotti (if you ever want to get into Opera, look up this performer and everything he did for music, opera, pop music, and sharing it all with others young and old) … so here is his performance of “Vesti la giubba” … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PMq4XGtZ4
