the nature of humor theme
What it means to leave people in stitches is pondered.
16 total · 2 major · 14 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| talesoftheunexpected1x03 | major | Mary used dry humor. The presenter also commented on the use of humor in this story. At the end of the story Mary got a humorous revenge on William. |
| talesoftheunexpected6x06 | major | George and Julie thought George's pranks were utterly hilarious, but Laura found them cruel and childish. |
| bbf5x08 | minor | comedians discussed what was funny to different species briefly |
| movie: Alien Nation (1988) | minor | Sykes had to spell out to Sam why it was exactly that a joke about a thermometer holding physician misplacing his pen in a man's rectum was funny. |
| movie: Bicentennial Man (1999) | minor | Andrew questioned Richard about why it is that jokes make people laugh. |
| movie: Ninotchka (1939) | minor | Ninotchka and Léon had recurrent conversations about what jokes are or aren't funny. |
| movie: Prototype (1983) | minor | Carl erupted into laughter when Michael inadvertently made his first joke while the two were still-water fishing along the bank of a river. |
| movie: Star Trek Generations (1994) | minor | Data failed to see the humor in Worf falling into the sea. |
| movie: Superintelligence (2020) | minor | The artificial intelligence was learning about humor. In particular, it concluded that people generally don't find a funny thing funny when it happens to them. |
| novel: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966) | minor | The newly sentient Mike learned the ins and outs of humor from Mannie. |