This post is in response to Why Is Humor So Hard to Figure Out? By Nina Strohminger "Trying to define humor is one of the definitions of humor." So said Saul Steinberg, someone who wielded humor so ...

‘The Humor Code’ and the Science of How Comedy WorksWriting about comedy has become a cottage industry in recent years as the swelling popularity of live and online humor has birthed a new […] ...

So as part of the Humor Code project, Joel Warner and I looked at humor around the world. The Benign Violation Theory proposes that we laugh at things that are wrong and OK, things that seem to be ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. This month, they released The Humor Code: A Global Search For What Makes Things Funny, an engaging look at ...