"Boomer Humor" is a subset of humor that has become prevalent on social media, especially Facebook, in the past decade. Disobeyart / Getty Images It often involves minions, blurry pictures of old ...

“HUMOR can be dissected, as a frog can,” E. B. White once warned, “but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind.” Until recently, many ...

“ Dagonet, the fool, whom Gawain in his mood Had made mock-knight of Arthur’s Table Round, At Camelot, high above the yellowing woods, Danced like a withered leaf before the hall.” That is the view ...

This blog series takes a particular view of laughter, one that I believe helps explain why, among other things, it’s expressed in amazingly diverse circumstances. In advancing the Mutual Vulnerability ...

“How Many Psychologists Does It Take ... to Explain a Joke?” Many, it turns out. As psychologist Christian Jarrett noted in a 2013 article featuring that riddle as its title, scientists still struggle ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...

Roaster Jeffrey Ross onstage during Comedy Central’s Roast of Joan Rivers at CBS Radford Studios on July 26, 2009 in Studio City, California. According to Venkateshwaran, friend groups where members ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday penned an essay for the New York Times on the importance of fostering a sense of humor, of quelling narcissism through “appropriate doses of self-irony,” and of avoiding ...

I heard a great joke about coronavirus the other day, but you probably won't get it. Did you hear that researchers have delayed the coronavirus vaccine until they figure out how to make it cause ...

Comedy has always been prominent in politics, but this election cycle has brought increased attention to the role it can play in politicians’ rhetoric. Kamala Harris gave her first major speech as the ...

Trying to be funny is like driving a car. Everybody does it, and we don't think about how dangerous it is until something goes wrong. Bad humor doesn't end lives, but it can kill your chances of ...

Noteworthy examples of charming companion-animal clips highlight affection and humor. An American dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs ...