Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
xv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [218]-226) and index. |
Contents |
Colorado : set-up -- Los Angeles : who is funny? -- New York : how do you make funny? -- Tanzania : why do we laugh? -- Japan : when is comedy lost in translation? -- Scandinavia : does humor have a dark side? -- Palestine : can you find humor where you least expect it? -- The Amazon : is laughter the best medicine? -- Montreal : punch line. |
Summary |
Part road-trip comedy and part social science experiment, a scientist and a journalist travel the globe to discover the secret behind what makes things funny, questioning countless experts, including Louis C.K., along the way. |
Local Note |
ENFDNFIC |
Subject |
Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects.
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Added Author |
Warner, Joel, author.
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ISBN |
9781451665413 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $26.00 |
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1451665415 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781451665420 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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