Ukulele humor has always been part of the ukulele's built-in charm.

For comedy and parody songs, the ukulele feels like the perfect choice — small, bright, cheerful, and perceived by outsiders as the funny circus dog of musical instruments.

But we ukulele players know better!

We do take our music seriously.

And we do take our instruments seriously.

We know that we can make great music when we want to.

And that is what allows us to get silly and lean into the natural funniness the uke inspires.

As a professional comedian and one of only six professional ukulele players in North America, I feel immenently qualified to speak to both aspects 🙂 .

Yes, you can play sad songs and blues songs all you want — they sound great on uke, too. But right here, we’re Focused on the Fun.

I'm a little embarrassed to say it, but the one post the brings in the most traffic here, is, for some reason, the post with the ukulele jokes.

I only ever wrote that because it struck me odd that other instruments had their insulting instrument-specific jokes, but not the ukulele!

The rest of the content in this section is humorous, but not out-right jokes.

Humorous Motivation for Ukulele Players Like everybody, I lose motivation and inspiration to pick up the ukulele and stick to the goals I've set for myself. As a comedian and speaker, I find that making it fun is a huge first step to making it happen. 

Here are some ideas to get you thinking and get you laughing.

The ukulele world has rules. Committees. Emergency protocols. Possibly even a shadow government. These pieces attempt to keep you, the public, informed.

The uke was MADE for comedy and novelty songs! Comic wordplay. Musical razzle-dazzle. Add a few comedy songs to your ukulele repertoire and watch the crowd go wild!