Essays on Humor

Humor is ubiquitous in everyday life and many studies present descriptive, discursive, quantitative as well as other types of analysis in examining the way elements in humorous extracts from American comedies such as Malcolm in the Middle, Shrek, and others, pass through linguistic as well as intercultural barriers in dubbed...

Violations that are regarded as a benign usually result in laughter and amusement. According to McGraw and Warren (1141), some factors can be used to predict whether something will be funny. Benign violations are those that do not threaten people’s beliefs and their worldview. Three situations have to be satisfied...

The lightbulb jokes were innovated by Daniel Harries to highlight political problems that affected the society in the twentieth century. The humors involve factors such as immigration, bureaucracy in governments, and other elements that affect the social wellbeing. The jokes make use of electric equipment and this approach translates to...

HA! The Science of When We Laugh and Why By Scott Weems. New York: Basic Books, 2014. 190 pp The Efforts in Explaining a Joke The efforts in attempt of explaining a joke has been considered futile. This has made thinkers over the ages to come up with theories explaining comedy. This was...

Judd Apatow's comedy "Knocked Up" was written and directed by him. In June of 2007, the picture was released. Seth Rogen (Ben Stone), Katherine Heigi (Alison Scott), Leslie Mann (Debbie), Paul Rudd (Pete), and John Segel (Jason), among others, play characters in the film. It chronicles the lives and relationships...

Impractical Jokers is a coercion-based joke reality show that launched on TruTV in which pranks were performed on the public in front of hidden cameras. The performance is unique in that the stars are unaware of their parts until they are performing them in front of strangers. The play depicts...

Striking the pole results in more amusing situations, which helps anyone grow a sense of humor. The ritual has ramifications in other contexts since the ritual s expressions are more ironic because, to some extent, they elicit replication. The sociological roots of comedy can be traced back to family traditions,...

Striking the pole results in more amusing situations, which helps anyone grow a sense of humor. The ritual has ramifications in other contexts since the ritual's expressions are more ironic because, to some extent, they elicit replication. The sociological roots of comedy can be traced back to family traditions, cultural practices,...

Over the past five years, Black-ish has become a famous comedy watched by families around the world. From a satirical perspective, the show depicts elements of social values, families, money, and life. Black-ish has received a significant amount of backlash, especially in the areas of race and culture, despite its...

Offensive Humor: Taking Comedy for What it Is Have you ever asked if people find you rude or really didn t see the joke? You are, however, not alone. Offensive comedy is intended to be amusing. Why is this so? Since it is amusing. It is made up with the purpose...

Laughter as Medicine Laughter stays to be one of the strongest medicine. Laughter unites people in a special way that triggers an emotional and physical exchange in the human body. Laughter protects an individual from the damaging impact of stress, diminishes pain, boosts temper and strengthens the immune system. When we...