Word: humors
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...think I just monitor as it goes. One thing I have never liked-I've never thought it was funny to do bathroom humor, which tends to make little kids laugh a lot. To me, it's too easy of a joke...
...edited by Katherine Bucknell, the book takes us through Isherwood's first 21 years in California in 901 pages (the glossary alone takes up an additional 93!). Profoundly sane, Isherwood traveled from Garbo to God and back again--by way of the gay underworld--without losing a sense of humor or proportion...
...Damrosch is already the instructor of one of the most popular non-Core courses at Harvard, the 227-student English 185: “Wit and Humor.” Now Damrosch, who holds the Berenbaum chair in literature, could soon add another impressive credential to his intimidating curriculum vitae: this year’s National Book Award for Nonfiction. Damrosch is the author of “Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius,” one of five nominees for the prestigious award. Damrosch—who has already introduced hundreds of Harvard students to the world of Rousseau...
...humor of Colbert and company’s features on “The Daily Show” came partly from the perception that interviewees assumed they were talking to real journalists...
...Daily Show doesn’t re-do the news so much as it shows us the humor in the news that we can’t so easily discover when we watch real journalists. There is also an inherent difference between Stewart’s subjectivity and the ostensible objectivity of network news that creates an extra layer of laughs...