The Humor Code
Subtitle: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny
By: Peter McGraw and Joel Warner
Contributors: Warner, Joel, author
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: April 1, 2014
Place of publication: New York City, New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781451665413
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Wit and humor; Psychological aspects
First sentence: People a lot smarter and more important than the two of us have pondered what makes things funny.
Description: Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist travel the globe to discover the secret behind what makes things funny, questioning countless experts, including Louis C.K., along the way.
Notes: $26.00; C$29.99
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: Colorado : set-up; title: Los Angeles : who is funny?; title: New York : how do you make funny?; title: Tanzania : why do we laugh?; title: Japan : when is comedy lost in translation?; title: Scandinavia : does humor have a dark side?; title: Palestine : can you find humor where you least expect it?; title: The Amazon : is laughter the best medicine?; title: Montreal : punch line.