Beyond Funny is a group of healthy humor enthusiasts who have collaborated to provide free educational materials and events to support individuals and organizations striving to improve global health and happiness. The Beyond Funny Humor Marathon is an annual event supporting The Longest Day campaign for The Alzheimer s Association. The purpose of this marathon event is to honor the strength, passion and endurance of those facing Alzheimer's with a day of activity. Held on the summer solstice, June 21, 2015, this event calls on participants to raise funds and awareness to advance the efforts of the Alzheimer's Association. There are several opportunities for you to participate in the Beyond Funny Humor Marathon: 1. We have several live events Downtown San Diego: a. Sunrise Laughter Yoga 8am Broadway Pier b. Humor Hub Laugh Fest 10am 7:50pm - Electra Condo c. Sunset Laughter Yoga 8pm Broadway Pier 2. Live online Laughter Yoga sessions will be held every hour on the hour starting at 9am and concluding at 8pm PST. Sign up at https://synergy.learnitlive.com 3. Senior Support Events will be held around the globe to encourage senior care facilities to show a funny movie, invite a laughter yoga specialist or host a stand up comedy event at their center. Beyond Funny Friends and Family will reach out to their communities to partner with these locations, provide educational information, and report back to the Humor Hub so we can track participation. A Beyond Funny Senior Activity Guide will be sent out to all volunteer hosts 2 weeks prior to their event with educational materials and activity suggestions. www.beyond- funny.com
Beyond Funny Virtual Host Guide: 1. Sign up for our team at http://act.alz.org/goto/beyondfunny. Even if you don t raise money, please sign up as it helps us build the numbers on our team and will make a bigger impact on awareness efforts. 2. Select your event time, date and location and send out invites. Choose a funny movie or other activity to share with your guests (see list of ideas in this document). Please email us at Heidi@synergyprograms.com to let us know the details so we can track your participation during our live- stream. If you re willing to join a Google hangout before, during or after your event so we can record and rebroadcast to our viewers, let us know and we ll provide more info. 3. Print or email educational materials, or have a one- page flier with list of resources to hand out. We plan to have all materials available electronically on our website, www.beyond- funny.com/tools 4. Join our social media party using #BeyondFunny, #thelongestday and #ENDALZ. You can participate live, help us promote leading up the event, or schedule posts ahead of time using a program such as Hootsuite. 5. Other helpful websites include www.aath.org (humor resources) and www.alz.org (Alzheimer s disease and caregiver resources). 6. Share press release to local news agencies for coverage of your event. We can also provide speakers to do interviews depending on location. Feel free to use Beyond Funny Logo in any of your marketing materials for this event, and keep us posted of any media coverage so we can share it with our community. Recommended Movie Titles: Results of our Top Movies of All Time poll included: Tootsie Big Office Space Anchorman Vacation Caddyshack Mrs. Doubtfire Bridget Jones Diary Wedding Crashers Tommy Boy We Are the Millers Bridesmaids Billy Madison Big Lebowski Shirley Valentine Fried green tomatoes Bridesmaids Young Frankenstein
Clue I'm Gonna Get You, Sucker Wayne s World Space Balls The Princess Bride The Birdcage Dumb and Dumber Super Troopers Spaceballs Tropic Thunder Major League Ted Airplane Life Is Beautiful City Lights Everyone Says I Love You Results of our Top 5 Movies for Seniors poll included: A Thousand Clowns Grumpy old men Nutty Professor Bucket List Groundhog Day Something's Got to Give Cocoon Trading Places Parenthood Some Like It Hot Father of the Bride Auntie Mame Duck Soup A League of Their Own Liar Liar Airplane Animal House Meet the Parents Little Miss Sunshine Full Monty Mr Bean series Shirley Valentine Fried green tomatoes Quartet On Golden Pond To Dance With The White Dog The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Miracle of Morgan s Creek Dr Strangelove
Results of our Top Movies for Families with Kids poll included Mrs. Doubtfire Despicable Me Tangled Frozen Happy Gilmore Monsters University Elf Ice age High school musical Babe Beethoven Hood The Ugly Dachshund The Secret of Irishmore Shrek The Emperors New Groove Big Honey I Shrunk The Kids The Muppets Take Manhattan Toy Story The Lego Movie For more movie ideas, see our handout AFI Top 100 Funny Movies, as rated by the American Film Institute (also available at http://www.afi.com/100years/laughs.aspx). Other Host Activity Ideas: Share healthy snacks while popcorn is often a go- to snack for movies, be creative and use brain healthy choices such as nuts, seeds, fruit, vegetables, hummus, almond butter, dark chocolate, KIND bars or other healthy nutrition bars. Games, puzzles, addend online webinar, play online games (free games available at www.synergyprograms.com/braingym) Educational Resources: Handouts and Tools Caregiver Central Alzheimer s Association http://alz.org/care/overview.asp Being a Healthy Caregiver http://alz.org/care/alzheimers- dementia- healthy- caregiver.asp Caregiver Stress: Take Care of Yourself (PDF) http://www.alz.org/national/documents/brochure_caregiverstress.pdf
Recent Humor Research Laughing Makes Your Brain Work Better http://abcnews.go.com/health/laughing- makes- brain- work- study- finds/story?id=23393053 A Memory Aid for Seniors: Laughter http://healthyliving.msn.com/health- wellness/a- memory- aid- for- seniors- laughter- 1 Laughter Remains the Best Medicine http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417084115.htm Modulation of Neuroimmune Parameters During the Eustress of Humor- Associated Mirthful Laughter. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, March 2001 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11253418?ordinalpos=1&itool=entrezsystem2.pen trez.pubmed.pubmed_resultspanel.pubmed_rvdocsum Videos Funny Animals: Guy interviews his Guinea pig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw3xtkbltz0 Funny animal video compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oor8ryjuoyq Kittens dancing: http://elitedaily.com/humor/kittens- dancing- sync- turn- definition- perfection- video/621444/ Babies Laughing: Ripping paper laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp4abihdqpc Quadruplets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaa67q8qqck Baby laughing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7io6yi0o7a0 Websites Beyond Funny www.beyond- funny.com Free Brain Gym www.synergyprograms.com/braingym Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor www.aath.org Rx Laughter www.rxlaughter.org International Society for Humor Studies http://www.hnu.edu/ishs/ Alzheimer s Association www.alz.org Funny images and cartoons Check out our website, www.beyond- funny.com/tools for some fun and funny images you can share. Thank you for being a BFF - Beyond Funny Friend and helping us spread healthy humor to the world!