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Petite Philosophie Des Blagues Et Autres Facéties (2009)

by Jim Holt(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

2264048891 (ISBN13: 9782264048899)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

10-18

review 1: If you want to read the earliest known jokes, or learn about the ironically-named Legman (scholar of the bawdy joke), or how a single joke (about a newly married couple who can't afford food) can trace an evolution back over 15 centuries, you'll enjoy this book. And if you have ever wondered whether all jokes have a single unifying thread connecting everything we consider funny -- or what we actually mean by humor anyway -- you'll find much to provoke further musing.Oh, and it's funny, too. The best new joke I picked up from its pages: A lady flies into Boston eager to try some of the fish the city is famous for. "Where can I get scrod?" she demands of the driver as she climbs into a cab. "Gee," he replies, "I've never heard it put in the pluperfect subjective bef... moreore!"
review 2: I'm glad I read it and gladder I didn't pay retail. Holt, a regular at the New Yorker (full disclosure: I'm a subscriber), has expanded one of his articles. It contains surprises: there’s a connection between Larry David and a 15th-century Vatican secretary; some well-worn conclusions--"Originality is unrecognized plagiarism" (Voltaire said that); lastly, if you happened upon Holt’s radio or press interviews, he revealed 90 percent of the book. less

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