Music to make you laugh by

there is a lot of program music that the composer intends to be humorous. here are some examples:

mozart "musical joke"
strauss "til eulenspiegel's merry pranks"
some music of jean francaix
some music of francis poulenc
some music of darius milhaud
saint-saens "carnival of the animals"
boy, those french composers sure have a sense of humor.

In an idiom similar to the Waits tune Astock cites, the Tom Kirchen (ex-Comander Cody lead guitar) live shows feature Kirchen playing a medley of famous lead licks "quoted" on guitar while Kirchen shouts the original player's names in rapid succession. The crowd is always laughing by the mid-way (say 15 or 20) point and usually howling by the end.

Marty

A follow-up to my post from yesterday. The Tom Waits song I was searching for is "Step Right Up" from his 1976 release 'Small Change'.

weapopn of choice video with Christopher Walken

Please lets get back to the actual meaning of my topic. I didn't mean funny lyrics or anything like that, but the musical content just by itself. Marty, I think had a good point here, as well as Katharina and Mrtennis. Zappa, apart from his bawdy lyrics could be very funny, as far as Jazz goes, Carla Bley's "Dinner Music" just came to mind, I'm sure, there must be much more....
Cheers,