Dear Abby: This is in response to the letter from “Embarrassed in Boston,” whose 31-year-old son and his cousin got the giggles during the funeral service of a relative. I attended the funeral of a co ...

Commentator Brian Egeston says that for a while he became good at delivering funny funeral speeches. Then one day he bombed, and a cousin who followed got all the laughs. He can't quite figure what ...

Ron Young as a not-so-lovable relative. Desert Theatreworks has opened its 2018-19 season with a hilariously funny production of SOUTHERN FRIED FUNERAL. A clever script, great acting by the ensemble ...

I RECENTLY read a report which says the British funeral has been transformed. Mourning is out and rejoicing is in. It’s not even called a funeral any longer, but a celebration of life. Abide With Me ...

Yes, even death can be funny. At least in the United Kingdom. With a macabre parade resembling Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry" and several episodes of "Monthy Python's Flying Circus" blended ...

I want to be Joan Rivers when I die. No, really I do. I want 1,000 of my nearest and dearest, (out of the millions who are mourning) to show up. I want the invited thousand to stop and get their names ...

When it comes to death, mortician Ken McKenzie says people are far too serious. After creating a “Men of Mortuaries” calendar featuring buff, shirtless morticians wielding shovels in 2007 and ...