The Hierarchy of Humor (from 2016)
incidentalcomics.com
The Hierarchy of Humor (from 2016)
What's This, A Door?
open.substack.com
So it is conceivable that, despite the wide range of subject matter about which one can joke, there are hidden connections that reduce all joke making to a single narrow function. In that case there could one day be general-purpose joke-making programs that are not people, just as today there are chess-playing programs that are not people.
David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
How to Write Funny and The Hidden Tools of Comedy. I forgot where I found these recommendations, but now that I look them up and see their mass-market covers and promises, I’m skeptical. Can you learn comedy from a book? I’d think a better method is to actually laugh at something, rewind, and then figure out why it works.