Laugh Long And Prosper #BringItOn2021

Canada's Keynote Humorist

Laugh Long And Prosper #BringItOn2021 Hi there, I'm Judy Croon - Canada's Keynote Humourist. Welcome to 'Laugh Long and Prosper' Shelf Help with a Smile. Stress Busters with a Smirk. You get the point. So let's get Started. I don’t know what was scarier in 2020…Donald Trump or Covid. Certainly, both of them have had me cowering in my house for a few months at the beginning of the year. But then I felt inspired by Joe Biden: the little engine that could. Slowly but surely, his campaign started to gain traction throughout the year and lo and behold, he and Kamala Harris won the US Election. I felt inspired by Joe Biden for many reasons. His old-school talk about having ‘steel in your spine’ made me want to strike a Rosie the Riveter pose and start saving kittens out of trees. I was also inspired by ‘The Joe Biden Jog’. You know the jog -the five or six little steps that Joe does just as he’s about to take the podium. I now do the ‘Joe Biden Jog’ myself whenever I’m on one of my slow daily walks and I think someone might be looking. As 2020 progressed, I started to get mad at 2020. To hell with you, 2020. As Covid raged on, I metamorphized from coward to full- blown ‘Snakes on a Plane’ Samuel Jackson. “That mother ##%$^^&ing 2020 is not going to get the best of me.” I joined millions of humans around the world as we adapted to the ‘new normal’ by masking up, Zooming, home schooling, isolating, sanitizing and maintaining a responsible six-foot distance from others. That’s right, Winston Churchill would have been proud of us! Okay, maybe we weren’t fighting in the streets with sticks and brooms but, when it comes to watching TV, no other generation can hold a candle to us. Fourteen hours of binge-watching The Crown? Child’s play. Not even a blink or a bathroom break. Hulu- come at me. I don’t know about you, but I can watch the most obscure, fragmented channel for days. Have you seen ‘Estonia’s Next Baking Star’ on the Umlaut Network? For a monthly subscription of only $6.99, I can assure you that it’s a bargain at twice the price. Of course, Christmas 2020 was different because of Covid. It was smaller and quieter. I notice that most of my Christmas gifts were chocolates, pajamas and books. Otherwise known as ‘Covid Gear’ or the 92-year-old Grandmother Starter Kit. Either way, I don’t mind! Bring on the comfort and cosiness. I stayed with my dad this Christmas. We had a great time catching up. One minor observation- could the TV be any louder? I’m sure even the neighbours know that the mystery on Oak Island is that there isn’t any treasure. All joking aside, I will take the good lessons from 2020 and keep moving forward. Family, friends, charity, gratitude and ‘Murder She Wrote’ are just some of the touchstones that have helped me to, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’- as Winston Churchill would say. Hang in there folks, it’s going to get better. We just have to be patient. Laugh Long and Prosper. I'm Judy Croon. Feel free to reach me at http://www.JudyCroon.com