This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. Are old jokes really the best jokes? Two productions seen this past weekend give a pretty good answer. UCLA Live's presentation of Arlecchino, Servant of Two ...

“I can’t watch any sitcom before 2000 because it’s all so cringe. Racism, sexism, rape, and toxic behavior are not funny to me.” You may have heard a friend or family member say something along those ...

Robert Siegel talks to author Christopher Miller about American Cornball. It looks at the prejudices and peculiarities of a nation polarized... 'American Cornball' A Taxonomy Of Humor In The U.S.

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

Mad Magazine, the 66-year-old humor publication, has been in free fall for years — in terms of both circulation and cultural relevance. This month, however, people as varied as comedians John Hodgman ...

Stage humor is in transition. The old humor of the gag and the wise crack was confident, benign, a pick-me-up rather than a putdown. The new humor, which draws its tone from play wrights such as Albee ...