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{{quote|''"Ever since prehistoric times, wise men have tried to understand what exactly makes people laugh. That's why they were called wise men. All the other prehistoric people were out puncturing each other with spears, and the wise men were back in the cave saying:''
'''How about: Here's my wife, please take her right now. No. How about: Would you like to take something? My wife is available. No. How about ...'"''|'''[[Dave Barry]]''', '''''Why Humor is Funny'''''}}
'''How about: Here's my wife, please take her right now. No. How about: Would you like to take something? My wife is available. No. How about ...'"''
|'''[[Dave Barry]]'''|'''''Why Humor is Funny'''''}}


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Describe [[Comedy]] here.


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Comedy is an elusive and fast-moving target to define. There's an entire field for trying to discover "Humor Theory", trying to find out what makes funny ''tick''. General public consensus is that humor comes from the unexpected, but this theory is still flawed and doesn't explain everything. One thing's for sure: comedy is funny.
Comedy is an elusive and fast-moving target to define. There's an entire field for trying to discover "Humor Theory", trying to find out what makes funny ''tick''. General public consensus is that humor comes from the unexpected, but this theory is still flawed and doesn't explain everything. One thing's for sure: comedy is funny.


Comedy, as something [[Black Comedy|primarily]] [[Kafka Komedy|happy]], is directly opposed to [[Tragedy]], [[Dramedy|but not so much]] [[Drama]], and [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror|can never be perfectly combined]] with [[Horror]]. And has been since the day it was conceived as a term, albeit not like we know today; comedy was something with a happy ending, i.e. Dante's [[Divine Comedy]], [[Tragedy]] was a something that had a sad ending. Propelled off of [[Rule of Funny]], comedy infects all art forms. Its hobbies include [[Satire Parody Pastiche|satires, parodies, pastiches,]] [[Played for Laughs|playing for laughs,]] [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking,]] [[Irony|irony,]] and [[Inherently Funny Words|hiding snickerdoodles in its knickerbockers]].
Comedy, as something [[Black Comedy|primarily]] [[Kafka Komedy|happy]], is directly opposed to [[Tragedy]], [[Dramedy|but not so much]] [[Drama]], and [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror|can never be perfectly combined]] with [[Horror]]. And has been since the day it was conceived as a term, albeit not like we know today; comedy was something with a happy ending, i.e. Dante's [[Divine Comedy]], [[Tragedy]] was a something that had a sad ending. Propelled off of [[Rule of Funny]], comedy infects all art forms. Its hobbies include [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|satires, parodies, pastiches,]] [[Played for Laughs|playing for laughs,]] [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking,]] [[Irony|irony,]] and [[Inherently Funny Words|hiding snickerdoodles in its knickerbockers]].

A really long list of influential comedians can be found at [[Names to Know in Comedy]].


A really, really long list of [[Comedy Tropes]] can be found at [[Comedy Tropes]].
A really, really long list of [[Comedy Tropes]] can be found at [[Comedy Tropes]]. Go figure.
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=== Comedy of Note: ===


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== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
* [[The Marx Brothers]]
* [[The Marx Brothers]]
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== [[Literature]] ==
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[PG Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]]
* [[P. G. Wodehouse]]
* [[Douglas Adams]]
* [[Douglas Adams]]
* [[Terry Pratchett]]
* [[Terry Pratchett]]
* [[Mark Twain]]; first "American" humorist.
* [[Mark Twain]]; first "American" humorist.
** Along the same lines, [[Ambrose Bierce]], writer of ''[[The Devils Dictionary]]''.
** Along the same lines, [[Ambrose Bierce]], writer of ''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]''.
* [[William Shakespeare]] - Master of English tragedy though he was, he also wrote a lot of ridiculously funny (and often extremely dirty) comedies.
* [[William Shakespeare]] - Master of English tragedy though he was, he also wrote a lot of ridiculously funny (and often extremely dirty) comedies.
* ''[[The Canterbury Tales (Literature)|The Canterbury Tales]]''
* ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' turned comedy on its head with surrealism.
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' turned comedy on its head with surrealism.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' took all the comedy that came before it, and threw it into a blender, creating the foundation for modern humor. It does this once a decade.
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' took all the comedy that came before it, and threw it into a blender, creating the foundation for modern humor. It does this once a decade.
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* ''[[SCTV]]''
* ''[[SCTV]]''
* ''[[Mr. Show]]''
* ''[[Mr. Show]]''
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]''
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''


== Music ==
== Music ==
* [[Weird Al Yankovic]]
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
* [[Frank Zappa]]
* [[Frank Zappa]]


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== [[New Media]] ==
== [[New Media]] ==
* ''[[Something Awful]]''
* ''[[Something Awful]]''
* ''[[Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video)|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]''
* ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''
* ''[[The Onion]]''
* ''[[The Onion]]''
* ''[[Cracked]]''
* ''[[Cracked.com]]''
* ''[[Italian Spiderman]]''
* ''[[Italian Spiderman]]''


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== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Most [[Lucas Arts]] point-and-click adventure games.
* Most [[LucasArts]] point-and-click adventure games.
* ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]''
* ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 13 May 2020

"Ever since prehistoric times, wise men have tried to understand what exactly makes people laugh. That's why they were called wise men. All the other prehistoric people were out puncturing each other with spears, and the wise men were back in the cave saying:
'How about: Here's my wife, please take her right now. No. How about: Would you like to take something? My wife is available. No. How about ...'"

—Dave Barry, Why Humor is Funny

Describe Comedy here.

You don't want much, do you?

Comedy is an elusive and fast-moving target to define. There's an entire field for trying to discover "Humor Theory", trying to find out what makes funny tick. General public consensus is that humor comes from the unexpected, but this theory is still flawed and doesn't explain everything. One thing's for sure: comedy is funny.

Comedy, as something primarily happy, is directly opposed to Tragedy, but not so much Drama, and can never be perfectly combined with Horror. And has been since the day it was conceived as a term, albeit not like we know today; comedy was something with a happy ending, i.e. Dante's Divine Comedy, Tragedy was a something that had a sad ending. Propelled off of Rule of Funny, comedy infects all art forms. Its hobbies include satires, parodies, pastiches, playing for laughs, snarking, irony, and hiding snickerdoodles in its knickerbockers.

A really long list of influential comedians can be found at Names to Know in Comedy.

A really, really long list of Comedy Tropes can be found at Comedy Tropes. Go figure.

Examples of works in the Comedy genre include:

Film

Literature

Live-Action TV

Music

Comic Books

New Media

Newspaper Comics

Stand Up Comedy

Video Games

Western Animation

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