I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.
I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was!