Dissecting Humor

December 11, 2005 8:54 PM

Nothing is funnier than an academic or scientist explaining humor.
posted by Falconetti (10 comments total)

ooo ... how about someone describing an academic or scientist explaining humor? I bet that's funnier!
posted by hattifattener at 9:02 PM on December 11, 2005

We're about to find out.
posted by baphomet at 9:05 PM on December 11, 2005

The last link, that was funny.
posted by wilful at 9:07 PM on December 11, 2005

Traffic school's about to get even better.
posted by rolypolyman at 9:15 PM on December 11, 2005

It turns out almost anything is funner.

Yeah, I said funner.
posted by unSane at 9:26 PM on December 11, 2005

Nice idea for a post, including that little punchline at the end, but I couldn't help notice your "scientist" link goes to an article about semiotics. Tsk, tsk. You really should have something in there about the biology and pathology, too.
posted by mediareport at 9:50 PM on December 11, 2005

this is awesome. A+
posted by shmegegge at 10:16 PM on December 11, 2005

I think that this is good post.

Even if you don't mention my aesthetics teacher in college, Ted Cohen. Funny funny MF he was. And he wrote a book, too.
posted by zpousman at 5:42 AM on December 12, 2005

Nearly every one of these articles reads like that episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Data tries to figure out humor and ends up talking to Joe Piscopo on the Holodeck.
posted by Spatch at 10:42 AM on December 12, 2005 [1 favorite]

Ah, grad school.
posted by squirrel at 6:24 PM on December 12, 2005 [1 favorite]