Humor

Antonia Peacocke discusses how those who watch the show Family Guy should realize the creators’ jokes should be viewed as what they are intended to be: a harsh reality rather than crude. Peacocke argues that when taken at face value, Family Guy’s humor could potentially be considered offensive. Instead, the creator Seth Macfarlane intelligently uses satire to mock American culture. The article is overall effective with one minor weakness. The article gains a majority of its effectiveness from…

Sebastian’s foul language is one of these elements. Although he does not curse too often it does make some viewers uncomfortable When someone is uncomfortable they do not want to laugh. Therefore, the foul language takes away for the humor of the special. For example, in Sebastian’s bit abouting getting rid of the animals that were eating at his garden. Sebastian most likely used multiple curse words about fifteen time throughout this bit. The language was not needed in the joke and…

Ironic Inquiry! Written to tell the satirical tale of the maturation and growth of a young boy, Voltaire pours his thoughts onto paper with class and snide humor against the nobility, church, and occasional individual ignorance within his novel, Candide. Born to a middle-class family in Paris, Voltaire was found to have a witty sense of humor from a very young age. Published in 1759, his novel satires a number of Enlightenment thinkers and ideas. As a result of his attacks towards the…

The use of humor and eye-catching silliness had hooked me since the first time I saw this ad. From start of the commercial, there was really no specific meaning linking these 3 men noodling catfish to Doritos. However, everyone knows the feeling of the cheese-covered…

I believe the most self-evident thing about me is my sense of humor. I feel that I have a very particular sense of humor. I feel like at this point in my life, I have quite a proclivity for making jokes and humorous comments in everyday conversation. A few years ago, I remember my dad telling me about how he would talk to his friends about…

Life is full of worry and situations that have the potential to become overwhelming. I personally find that anytime I can share some hilarity, my day can immediately improve. I see humor as an equalizer in the human experience. My family thinks that we are a crazy bunch, but we just fill our home with silly moments. Luckily for me, Sandra has the unique ability to turn me into a ten year old when she gets me laughing. I end up with…

Some subjects are considered dangerous or impossible to address formally or face to face. Therefore, that’s where humorists play a role. Alaine de Botton, author of “Status Anxiety,” believes that because humorists can say things that other people will not, they are there to convey messages that are too dangerous to state directly. Humorists, like ones on Saturday Night Live and in movies, use comedy and jokes to bring about difficult messages. Saturday Night Live (SNL) often uses satirical…

The role of humorists has expanded over the years, it has become an important way to communicate with the audience with one's ideas/mindset but it seems society does not fear to directly state their minds. Stating that, de Botton’s view of the role humorists, does not imply to our society, it is the truth. Our society is becoming a society with no filter, we speak our minds more louder and we take action more effectively. De Botton stated “... to convey with impunity messages that might be…

I picked this advertisement over the rest of them is because this one made me laugh inside. I have always liked things that make me laugh and this was one of those things. This type of advertisement is effective in todays world. It has a sense of humor that the viewer can laugh at, it also engages the view to think more about the guy on the small boat. What’s going to happen to the guy? Does he hear the water fall and get away? Is he going to fall off the water wall? There are many questions…

simply to make them laugh; it seems as if it provides no real objective. This, however, is his unforeseen genius. Dissecting his prose wit by quip unfolds how Barry 's uniquely handled wordplay manifests his argument. He accomplishes this through humor, without offending a single person. Any zealot could toil in a quest to build his vocabulary and grasp the intricacy of good writing;…