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(5 pp) What is it that makes us laugh? What
prompts us to think that something is even funny? Jackie Mason says
that Jerry Seinfield is funny because his humor
is 'founded on basic truth and universal subjects.'
Is stand-up comedy any different that what makes us
laugh at the movies? In this discussion we will
look at two slapstick comedies for their
similarities and differences in terms of what makes
us laugh. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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(Collins ppg). Is stand-up comedy any different that what makes us laugh at the movies? In this discussion we will look at two slapstick comedies for their similarities
and differences in terms of what makes us laugh. Bibliography lists 6 sources. BbslapCo.doc LAUGHTER AND SLAPSTICK COMEDY in the MOVIES: The Great Race and
Its a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., February 2001
Introduction What is it that makes us laugh? What prompts us to think that something is even funny? Jackie Mason says that Jerry Seinfield is funny because his humor
is "founded on basic truth and universal subjects" (Collins ppg). Is stand-up comedy any different that what makes us laugh at the movies? In this discussion we
will look at two slapstick comedies for their similarities and differences in terms of what makes us laugh. Slapstick Amy Richlins, 1984 book, The Garden of Priapus tells us slapstick
humor was around in the fifteen century and actually comes from the name of the sound of one piece of board or leather that would hit another piece of board,
" or literally "slapping the stick"(Von Busack ppg). It is a physical humor, reminding us that we are physical beings in a real world. It is fast paced
, and often takes us unaware. Yet as in most humor or comedy, it is difficult to say why we laugh at it. If it is a snow
day out and someone falls on the ice, and doesnt hurt themselves, but lands in an awkward manner, what makes one person fall and curse, and another fall and laugh?
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