Robert Mankoff: Making Sense of Humor

http://bit.ly/lAaWlq - Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of the New Yorker, explains how humor works, what it can explain about human nature, and considers the limits of bad comedic taste.

http://bigthink.com/robertmankoff

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[aloysiusbeaky]

He's naked from the waist down.

[SUPERMANfromMETROPOL]

absolutely brilliant explained

and absolutely brilliant examples

[almostlastplace]

Portal 2 made the first paradox funny.

[research1982]

I like this guy. Very entertaining

[dannycalypse]

The pig says "My wife is a slut".

[spartonne]

I think the thats a good joke: 'whats grey and comes in a jar?....... Mayonaise!'

[Ele3tricEye]

@Chuichupachichi well...its ok for ME to say 'suck my dick' to everyone in the room...and i dare to follow suit, just so i can see how fast you can run

[JubalDiGriz]

The irony, of course, is that New Yorker cartoons are rarely funny.

[truvak]

IT IS GREAT that someone talks seriously about humor, is serious and very hard to be funny, but just like csqw says, this feels over analyzed, why don´t you put Eddie Izzard if front of the camera with the same questions, you will see a more human and down to earth response. I think cake or death works better than the door and the jar.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

It's not that this isn't funny...it's just that this isn't funny.

[fdvalkfok9sdf8gs8df]

Bob Mankoff is a brilliant practitioner of cartooning and humor, but obviously, explaining humor is by definition not funny. But take a look at his work and you'll see it's terrific and hilarious.