Outline
Humor as a Process of Communication.
"What's Wrong With This" Humor
Parody
Ridicule
Satire
What makes humor funny or unfunny.
The Teller's part.
Adhering to the formula.
Adequate setup.
The punch line and its timing.
The Audience's part.
Context of knowledge.
Psycho-epistemological considerations.
The psychology of humor.
Humor as a pleasure and its relation to similar pleasures.
The life-affirming role of pleasure.
The life-affirming role of humor.
Humor and values.
Humor and psycho-epistemological evaluation.
Ridicule -- its uses and misuses.
Humor for fun and profit.
Humor as motivation.
Humor as an aid to focusing.
Humor in education.
How to construct jokes.
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