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
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THE OLD PLAY ON WORDS ROUTINE While some humor is visual other humor may be found in the way we use language We often see jokes that use a play on words For example check out this old joke ANATOMY OF A JOKE A joke typically has two parts the setup and the punch line The setup provides the audience with background information This background information scts the stage for the joke by building expectations of what is to follow Once the audience reaches the punch line however they often reulize that the setup information is misleading That is the information we are given to start with leads us to false expectations What do we call a bear with no teeth A guny bear The punch line is the final statement of a joke that brings out the funny part or the zinger The answer gummy betur contains It presents the audience with un a double meaningy One meaning refers unexpected outcome And the to an actual description of a bear without surprise is what makes it funny teeth and the other meaning refers to whether it comes in a one line the yummy candy bears we eat answer or a long winded
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