Pete McGraw is a leading researcher at the Humor Research Lab at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In this talk he not only discusses what is funny, but what makes something funny as well.
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This is clearly one of the greatest TEDx Talks, but then most of the people who wanted to watch it and invariably commented are sad people
Sarah Silverman is offensive. Maybe she has gotten more vile in more recent years. THIS is why you never go on the record to support a celeb or polico.
Yeah but my pen is bigger than yours!
I’ve learned why some things are funny. I can use this. Friends and family appreciate his talk!!
Laughter: the sheer convulsive relief experienced upon learning that the universe is free from order.
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We love Peter McGraw and his Benign Violation Theory! A simple way to remember this theory is "if laughing at this is wrong, why does it feel so right?"
Excellent talk!
I laughed quite hard at how he got overly exited in a somewhat stereotypical "nerdy" way at 7:19. Then i started to analyze it according to his own theory. Was this situation funny because his awkward grinning was a "break" or social norm? Is awkwardness funny because it deviates from the norm and is it therefore a "violation"?
Comedy is a dark thing.
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Am I the only one that didn’t find him funny?
The moment he said start tickling, i was done with the video ?
One of my brothers friends was really funny was driving us somewhere. He said, "Ya know, I want to go out like my grandpa, in my sleep." Which is sad but okay. But then he said. "And not like the people who were in the car. " I hope not to offend anyone but I just wanted to share this.
I make a point to surround myself with friends who have no "off-limits" topics for joke-making.
Some of them are minorities, and those are my favorite.
So violations in Malign, Benign, and Unfamiliar rules of humor block jokes from being interpreted as funny.
BUM-symmetry theory.
Edit: Or if you're not familiar with Physics BSM: BM-symmetry. Apologies for the BS violation.
7:14 No Love Deep Web.
I read laughing has to do with learning and being surprised. That's why once you know a joke or know what's going to happen it's not as funny.
This will certainly makes me more considerate of others while cracking jokes . Thank you so much
Well… I should know something about that subject. My husband hurt his little toe this morning and our 4-year-old was laughing. When dad said: "this is NOT FUNNY", he, of course, laughed even more. On another note: it is somewhat difficult to laugh at the same things if you and your partner are from different countries. This is our case anyway. I find much more things funny than my husband.
The funny thing is… my husband's sister just broke her toe recently too. Again! Awww! I'm so lucky that I'm not from toe-breaking family. That sucks big toe!
What a great talk! Learned a lot from this. The Michael JR talk on comedy is great too.
tickling a stranger is actually a great idea if you want to die
I can tickle myself.
Go watch Norm macdonald's Albert Fish joke . If you think its the funniest thing you've ever heard then it's a safe bet you understand comedy.
thats why i laughed so hard last friday
This sucks
Mm, I've been thinking about brandon rogers and my failed jokes the whole talk… he's an interesting guy