Contents Are You Kitten Me 4 Just Joking Around 8 Language of Humor 12 Playing with Words 16 Sounds Ah Familiar 20 Animal Fun and Games 24 Your Guide to Funny 28 Glossary Index 32
Chapter 1 Are You Kitten Me Why do we laugh when baby panda bears tumble to the ground or when dogs excitedly run laps around a living room or a park What is it about animals that we find so funny Sometimes we find it funny when animals act in ways that to us seem silly or clumsy Sometimes it's an animal s physical appearance that scoms funny and we smile at things such as a donkey's teeth or the googley eyes of a fish We also laugh when animals behave in ways that seem human such as a cat sitting upright as a person would 7 ANTHROPO WHAT Iook around you Almost every unimal movie book joke or cartoon features animals with human traits And humor is one of those traits Think of Bugs Bunny He's a cartoon rabbit who walks talks and crucks jokes CGiving an tuninal human qualities is called anthropomorphism That s a big word but it describes how animals plants or even BAD GIRL objects are given human characteristics such as humor MALU or unger No rabbit can actually I talk And we don't know if rabbits laugh or simile But if we put a rabbit in human clothing or show the rabbit walking on Pictures and videos of animals are especially funny when the animal seems to show human two legs we sure find it funny traits such as the ability to talk POLICE DEP 230573
What do you call a sad bird to Pug smarter Q Where do Dutch hamsters live up sue A i FuNnY BoNe A farce is a type of comedy that features crazy or unlikely situations to make an audience laugh Farces can be plays movies or works of literature Physical humor naughty jokes and outrageous situations are common in farces The word 5 farce comes from the French word farcir which means to stuff something
