What's So Funny About That?




KERA's Think show

Summary: <p><em><em><em><em>[2014-06-11 13:00:00] </em></em></em></em></p><div class="elements-box mt-20"><p><span style="color: #222222;">Identifying what we find funny is a tricky task for scientists, because everyone’s sense of humor is unique. But that didn’t stop <a href="http://www.petermcgraw.org/" target="_blank">Peter McGraw</a> from visiting cultures around the world in a search for what we all find funny. We’ll talk to the director of the University of Colorado’s Humor Research Lab this hour about his quest, which he writes about in </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Humor-Code-Global-Search/dp/1451665415" target="_blank"><em style="color: #222222;">The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny</em></a><span style="color: #222222;"> (Simon &amp; Schuster).</span></p></div>