memory post-jose-simon

LAUGHTER from the HEREAFTER Jose Simon Back in 1975, Jose had a dream. Involving three things he loved – the sounds of people laughing, the spirit of celebration, and his adopted home, San Francisco – Simon began pushing the idea of a free outdoor daytime comedy “concert.” The vision became reality in 1981, when the […]

memorypost-denise-schultz

There was no better sound than her knowing laugh. The one that let you know she thought whatever you were saying was funny, which coming from her was no faint praise. She knew her funny. The same laugh, that also signaled she knew where you were going with ‘it’. You could hear it coming with her breath, just a nanosecond before the laughter left her throat and hit your ears. She always got the joke, even the feeble or unformed ones. Years of improv had trained her to anticipate it at the threshold, before it dashed through the door and caught you unawares. Actually her talent was inherent.