Has Pseudopod published funny horror?

[Eliyanna Kaiser]

I love the podcast, and I'm wondering if somewhere in the archives (I have all the discs, but it takes awhile to go through them, you know?) there are humor/horror pieces. Something that takes horror tropes or even a dark situation but part of the point of the story is that it's funny. I feel like that's kind of hard to find, unless you want to watch Shawn of the Dead over and over and over... Which I do enjoy (along with a long list of other movies in the same vein), but I would like to see some short fiction that crosses these genres too.

Just curious.

[Boggled Coriander]

"Tenant's Rights" (PP 057) had more than a sprinkling of humor.  I personally enjoyed it, but I think the humor overshadowed the horror.  I found "Tenant's Rights" about as disturbing and horrifying as a really violent Three Stooges film.

[Swamp]

PS006 - What Dead People Are Supposed to Do by Paul E. Martens

I have always laughed with this one.

[Eliyanna Kaiser]

This is great. I love you people. I'm going to wait another few days to see if other people have suggestions and then make myself a little playlist for my iPod.

Awesome.

[Swamp]

I thought of another one:

PS015 - Regis St. George by Maria Deira

I haven't listened for a long time, but I remember I thought it was funny, and liked Mur's reading.

I don't know if the White Street Society stories count as humor per se, but there is definately a light-heartedness about them.

[Boggled Coriander]

I don't know if the White Street Society stories count as humor per se, but there is definately a light-heartedness about them.

Ooh, yes indeed.  I'd count them as very very black comedy. 

[Listener]

Stepfathers: http://pseudopod.org/2009/06/20/flash-stepfathers/

[Fenrix]

Flash: How to Grow a Man-Eating Plant

Flash: Garbage Day

Zom-B-Gone

PP116: Sick Day. Very dark humor in a Falling Down kind of way.

PP111: Radiodemonology has a White Street Society vibe (PP 76 and 131).

Then there were a bunch that I thought to myself "That was funny." And then I thought a bit and thought some more and accepted that I have a really wrong sense of humor.

PS015 - Regis St. George by Maria Deira

I haven't listened for a long time, but I remember I thought it was funny, and liked Mur's reading.

Lisa Lisa Lisa

Fantastic character depiction by Mur.

EDIT: Which is the story about the guy who botches a murder and becomes a ghost while trying to escape his wife and mother in law? That one probably counts.

[Alasdair5000]

PS006 - What Dead People Are Supposed to Do by Paul E. Martens

I have always laughed with this one.

The delivery on '...KICKBOXING!' makes me laugh every single time on this one.  I also have a deep abiding love for Radiodemonology and Why I Hate Cake, both of which made me corpse more than once reading them.

[gelee]

For me, the funniest stories run on PP, and two of my favorite episodes of all time, would be both of the Tales of the Whitestreet Society, episodes 131 and 76.  131, the Corpse Army of Kartoum, turned a bit serious towards the end, but I found both marvelously funny.

[Ben Phillips]

EDIT: Which is the story about the guy who botches a murder and becomes a ghost while trying to escape his wife and mother in law? That one probably counts.

Sounds like Them Eyes

[DKT]

PS006 - What Dead People Are Supposed to Do by Paul E. Martens

I have always laughed with this one.

This is still one of my absolute favorites. Never gets old!

[stePH]

PS006 - What Dead People Are Supposed to Do by Paul E. Martens

I have always laughed with this one.

The delivery on '...KICKBOXING!' makes me laugh every single time on this one. 

I think you misspelled "SKYDIVING!" 

[Eliyanna Kaiser]

I can't believe I forgot about the White Street Society pieces before I posted this topic. Totally in agreement with everyone. I love the dry wit in every one of those.

Thanks for all the suggestions, can't wait to dig into the list.

[Wilson Fowlie]

I also have a deep abiding love for Radiodemonology and Why I Hate Cake, both of which made me corpse more than once reading them.

Erm, how should I interpret the use of 'corpse' as a verb?

[Bdoomed]

I also have a deep abiding love for Radiodemonology and Why I Hate Cake, both of which made me corpse more than once reading them.

Erm, how should I interpret the use of 'corpse' as a verb?

died laughing?

[stePH]

I also have a deep abiding love for Radiodemonology and Why I Hate Cake, both of which made me corpse more than once reading them.

Erm, how should I interpret the use of 'corpse' as a verb?

I came across the term when watching the DVD extras on the Ricky Gervais program Extras. Apparently when a performer loses control and laughs in the middle of delivering lines, that is "corpsing".

[Wilson Fowlie]

I also have a deep abiding love for Radiodemonology and Why I Hate Cake, both of which made me corpse more than once reading them.

Erm, how should I interpret the use of 'corpse' as a verb?

I came across the term when watching the DVD extras on the Ricky Gervais program Extras. Apparently when a performer loses control and laughs in the middle of delivering lines, that is "corpsing".

Ahhhh! That totally makes sense. Thanks!

[stePH]

Erm, how should I interpret the use of 'corpse' as a verb?

I came across the term when watching the DVD extras on the Ricky Gervais program Extras. Apparently when a performer loses control and laughs in the middle of delivering lines, that is "corpsing".

Ahhhh! That totally makes sense. Thanks!

I'm still not sure it makes sense to me. Unless it's because that take is "dead" because the actor screwed up?

[eytanz]

According to the wikipedia page, the term may have originated from stage performances where an actor was playing a corpse on stage (and thus was supposed to stay still) and other actors would try to make him laugh and break "character".