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Jack Bernhardt on the Benefits of Stand-Up and Jokes Versus Threats

Posted on August 21, 2017 by nwilson

In The Guardian, comedy writer Jack Bernhardt writes a nice little column on “Why everyone should try standup comedy once” (7/31/2017). He says, I a...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny/Theories About Jokes

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. II. b. 6. The Techniques of Conceptual Jokes – Problems

Posted on August 4, 2017 by nwilson

This is the thirteenth of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes [Witz] and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the re...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny/Theories About Jokes

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. II. b. 5. The Techniques of Conceptual Jokes – Indirect Representation

Posted on August 3, 2017 by nwilson

This is the twelfth of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes [Witz] and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the react...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny/Theories About Jokes

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. II. b. 4. The Techniques of Conceptual Jokes – Unification

Posted on August 2, 2017 by nwilson

This is the eleventh of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes [Witz] and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the reac...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny/Theories About Jokes

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. II. b. 3. The Techniques of Conceptual Jokes – Faulty Reasoning

Posted on August 1, 2017 by nwilson

This is the tenth of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes [Witz] and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the reactio...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny/Theories About Jokes

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. II. b. 2. The Techniques of Conceptual Jokes – Absurdity

Posted on July 31, 2017 by nwilson

This is the ninth of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes [Witz] and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the reactio...

Cases and Current Events/Comics in the News/Stand-Up Comedy

Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz on Comedy That Cuts Deep

Posted on July 26, 2017 by nwilson

In an interview with Philip Galanes of the New York Times (7/15/2017), Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz talk a bit about Maher’s recent controversy, and enter...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. I. b. – Introduction

Posted on July 24, 2017 by nwilson

This is the second of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the reactions to ...

Humor Theories/Stand-Up Comedy/Theories About Funny

Sigmund Freud’s Jokes part A. I. a. – Introduction

Posted on July 23, 2017 by nwilson

This is the first of several installments on Sigmund Freud’s Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905; free eBook) – and the reactions to i...

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