At 12:57 PM -0800 12/13/01, David Campbell wrote: >Re: Louis and his supporters-- > Let's face it. Nearly all humor has a negative basis. > Especially situational humor based on human acts: we are always >laughing at the person who in some silly or unexpected way "slipped up" >(including situations in which we laugh at ourselves). The only >exception I can think of is humor based on a play on words (like puns). > Are we to drop all humorous banter and be left only with bad puns?
There is another type of humor -- that based on incongruity. The best example that I can think of is the music of PDQ Bach (Peter Schickele). It's based on parodies of classical music in various unexpected ways, and can be funny in a completely nonverbal manner. An example: a Gilbert and Sullivanish number based on "Barnacle Bill the Sailor". * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
