TEDxBoulder - Peter McGraw - What Makes Things Funny

Pete McGraw is a leading researcher at the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In this talk he not only discusses what is funny, but what makes something funny as well.

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[TitansMontage]

Four Words: George Carlin.

[joshsarles]

I CAN tickle myself...

[vfr090]

25 seconds...he is not funny so why continue? its like a mean person tell you how to be nice :)

[Jean Saimpris]

This Is the best talk ever

[MrSneakerhed]

im afraid to watch,,....... what if nothing will be funny to me anymore? 

[Laughingspoonful]

Over 14 viewers with positive comments can’t be wrong!

Who is JERRY RIO?

From the shadows exposing to the world America’s pop culture roots!

Sociological observations, interviews - documenting & commenting on the NYC urban landscape and its inhabitants is his mission. Is he funny? Many say “get a life” others find him mildly endearing, and actually quite entertaining - BETTER THAN MOST YOUTUBE CRAP - What do you think? DO YOU GET HIM?

GO TO THE THYRDEYE CHANNEL or MrJerryRio

[Grejegando]

Still waiting for the remaining three words.

[rico suave]

Funny and informative. I think TED is making headway.

[Senor T]

Consider the critic.

[Carl Barfield]

That was true of physics. And it changed because the mathematical theories matured and the intuition stayed about the same in potency.

[AknowledgeMusic]

I can't tickle myself, am I not threatening?

[Ðave LeBlanc]

he forgot to mention wisdom, not everybody can get the joke... :)