Stars attend the 23rd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center on Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Washington, DC. The 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is being awarded to ...

I recently made what I thought was a snarky New York quip but I deeply offended the person I was joking about. That simply proves the point that you really have to know your audience and make sure ...

What even is a “comedy book”? It’s not a distinction used on signs hanging over a shelf in many (if any) bookstores, and it’s not a term publishers, editors, or critics use. It’s kind of an umbrella ...

James McBride — an award-winning author, musician and screenwriter — has won the 2022 Thurber Prize for American Humor. McBride, whose 2020 novel “Deacon King Kong” was named one of the top 10 books ...

Women who use positive humor to describe themselves have higher levels of 'body appreciation' than those who use self-deprecating humor, according to new research. Women who use positive humour to ...

I research leaders who have passionate hobbies, and I recently zoomed in on the “comedians” category: managers who do standup comedy or improvisational theatre in their spare time. They believe that ...

"Most notably, certain jokes work well for certain audiences."– Rosenbusch et al. (2022, p. 6) Humor is an underappreciated efflorescence of human intelligence and, at its best, a liberation from an ...

One unexpected effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on the comedy industry is the boom of diverse, inclusive and quality shows that fill up the calendar of L.A.’s comedy scene. That’s thanks in large part ...

A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences explains how different people with dark personality traits (narcissism, machiavellianism, and psychopathy) gravitate towards different ...

A new era is born.