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• Notes from the SHREW Rehearsal

  

  I’m giving Poetry a rest today in order to share an insightful, humor-related blog post by Dan McCleary, Founder and Producing Artistic Director of the Tennesse... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• How Tom Sawyer Grew Up to Be Hank Morgan

  Jan McIntire-Strasburg Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are probably the most well known of Mark Twain’s characters. Bronze statues of the boys grace Schoolyard Hill... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• How About Never–Is Never Good for You?

  

  It stems from a conversation that Bob Mankoff had one time while trying to arrange to have lunch with a “friend.”  After several attempts to get together and... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• American Humor Studies Association/Mark Twain Circle of America Quadrennial...

  

  American Humor Studies AssociationMark Twain Circle of AmericaQuadrennial Conference 2014December 4-7, 2014Four Points Sheraton French Quarter The American Humo... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Teaching American Humor: the Great Colbert-Twitter Mediagasm of 2014

  Somebody should write something about the controversial tweet from @ColbertReport and how it spawned a backlash on Twitter defined by #CancelColbert. It is big... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In the Archives: Mark Twain’s Viral Pestilence– “A Literary Nightmare” (1876)

  

  Tracy WusterMark Twain’s “Literary Nightmare” (1876), published in the Atlantic Monthly, represents an early example of a “viral” piece of popular culture. Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ask Me No Questions, I Will Tell No Lies

  March brings with it St. Patrick’s Day and an affinity for all things Irish. Before we bring March to a close, let us take a moment to reflect upon one of the... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Craft and Magic on the U.S. Comedy Club Stage

  

  by Susan Seizer, Indiana University This post is about the interplay between Craft and Magic on the U.S. comedy club circuit. My interest in this topic grows ou... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Happy Birthday (more Or Less) Frank O’Hara!

  

  Frank O’Hara 1926 – 1966Portrait by Alice NeelFrank O’Hara‘s birthday isn’t really today. It falls on March 27th, but in his case, inaccuracy is the longstandin... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• No Pryor Knowledge: How I Got Moved by Mudbone Then Ambushed by Art

  

  By Jake AustenLast month I received an e-mail announcing Dick’s Last Stand, a performance by the artist Donelle Woolford that was touring the country as part... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In the Playground of Parody

  We’ve all had that heart-stopping moment going through airport security, when our bag (or the bag of someone near us) is swept off the belt and meticulously tor... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Teaching American Humor: The Essential Harold Ramis.

  

  Long live Harold Ramis.Although he has never fully received his full due in the popular imagination on the par with one of his most devoted collaborators, Bill... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Joker Poe, Part 1: Just Diddling

  

  Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most popular writers in the history of American literature. In the twenty-first century, Poe finds himself at the center of... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Buddy, That Suit is You: Shopping for Clothes with Kent “Boogaloo” Harris

  

  Influence often subsists in the shadows. Behind every mainstream success there is likely a relative, teacher, local celebrity musician, obscure genre artist,... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Fortune Favors the Subversive:How Some Southwest Humorists Have Been Forgotten

  When people talk about the Southwestern humorists today, they most often mean authors like George Washington Harris, author of the Sut Lovingood stories,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Dorothy Parker Rebuts Valentine’s Day

  

  It’s six days past Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re basking in the afterglow complete with wilted roses and an empty chocolate box, or hoping for better luck nex... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Play and Purpose: Teaching Humor in Introductory Literature Courses

  When I am asked to teach a new course, I often revert back to my coaching days. I approach its purpose and structure with all the seriousness and lofty... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Horror! The Hahahahorror! A Conversation on Two Sides of a Spectrum

  

  One of the greatest performers of all time–she can make us wet our pants with laughter or fear.by Bonnie Applebeet and Orquidea MoralesI am so excited to be bac... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Madness of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Celebration

  

  Film PosterIt was a golden idea. Take as many major stars as a film budget would allow and set them on a madcap search of buried treasure. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Smile — and Perhaps, a Tear: the Music of Charlie Chaplin

  

  What is more eloquent than silence?Charles Chaplin was one of cinema’s first — and perhaps still its greatest — auteur. He starred in, produced, directed,... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY