The humor code : a global search for what makes things funny /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGraw, Peter
Other Authors: Warner, Joel, 1978-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 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
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes.