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Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
I think it's tragic that we have this human capacity, which appears to be hardwired, or so the evolutionary biologists say, for collective joy. We have these techniques for generating it that go back thousands of years, and yet we tend not to use this.
| Roald Amundsen, Explorer (1872) |
| Phoebe Cates, Actress (1963) |
| Brian Celio, Novelist (1981) |
| Desmond Dekker, Musician (1941) |
| Mary Baker Eddy, Theologian (1821) |
| Mari Evans, Poet (1923) |
| Douglas Feith, Public Servant (1953) |
| Corey Feldman, Actor (1971) |
| Will Ferrell, Comedian (1967) |
| Michael Flatley, Dancer (1958) |
| Albert Bushnell Hart, Historian (1943) |


