Engaging Humor

Index

Index Aborigines, 107–8, 195n. 100 Absurd humor, 3–5, 13–26, 166nn. 3 and 4 Alienation, 77–78, 183nn. 42 and 51 Allen, Woody, 153–54 Ambiguity, 21, 59, 78, 144 American humor, 103–4, 107–8, 112 Annie Hall (film), 153–54 Appropriate incongruity: defense of, 8–12; definition of, 1–3, 20, 59, 87, 141, 163 n. 4; in definitions , 4–5; genuine and spurious, 5–9, 14–15, 59, 87, 127; heightened congruity and, 9–10; history of, 2; and incongruity, 3; incongruity resolution and, 2–3, 14; in metaphors, 5; primary and secondary patterns of, 30–31, 33–35; sequence in, 2–3, 30 Arabic, 100, 102, 104–5, 190n. 19 Arabs, 104, 107–9, 193n. 69 Aristotle, 4–5, 10–12 “Arkansas Traveler” (tale), 191n. 38 Aryan Youth Movement, 43 Associations, jokes as, 86–88, 89–90, 187nn. 15 and 16 Auden, W. H., 77–78 Australia, 97–98, 113–14, 189n. 8, 193nn. 69 and 82, 194n. 93 Australian humor, 99–108, 111–12, 192n. 53, 193n. 82, 194nn. 88 and 92; “bloody” in, 101– 2; bushman in, 105, 107; outback in, 99; Speewah in, 105; swagman in, 102–3, 113; “wowser” in, 101 Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of His Marvellous Adventures and Campaigns in Russia (Raspe), 191n. 46 Beattie, James, 2, 11 Ben-Amotz, Dahn, 190n. 20 Bender, Robert J., 82–83 Ben-Yehudah, Eliezer, 190n. 20 Ben-Yehudah, Netivah, 190n. 20 Bergson, Henri, 11, 177n. 54 Berle, Milton, 82 Bierce, Ambrose, 79 Bishop, Morris, 79 Blacks, 43–51, 53, 143 Blond jokes: artificiality in, 64, 179n. 30; hair color and, 62–67, 170n. 30, 179n. 22; marriage in, 60–61; oral sex in, 60–61; promiscuity in, 60, 62; reactions to, 62–65; reinterpretation of, 63–70; relationships in, 60–62; similarity to BYU coed jokes, 68; stupidity in, 59, 62; vanity in, 61 “Bloody,” used in Australian humor, 101–2 Body and mind, 63, 68, 179n. 25, 180nn. 43 and 47 Bona-fide communication, 15, 95 Boskin, Joseph, 63, 180n. 39 Brigham Young University, 67–68 Brunets, 62–67, 170n. 30 Bushman in Australian humor, 105, 107 Butler, Samuel, 74 BYU coed jokes, 67–70 Calvin, John, 73 Canada, 195n. 96 Caricature, 44–48, 50–52, 54, 56, 175n. 18 Carlyle, Thomas, 75, 77 Carter, Jimmy, 200n. 22 Cartoon texts: breakfast in queue, 9; buzzing contest, 24–25, 170n. 49; “Don’t laugh, White Man!” 44, 45; duck relays, 169n. 32; 204 Index excuses for food, 46–47, 48; Jew as spider, 51, 52; Jew-Jitsu, 45–46, 47; man in doghouse, 24–25; Martians have landed, 48, 175n. 25; massacre at border, 54, 55; “Nigger Heaven,” 45, 46; race war, 54; redundant references, 47–48; striking back, 49, 50, 176n. 35; wolf with camera, 5–7, 164n. 21 Catharsis, 201n. 3 Character traits, humor about, 110–12 Children’s humor, 3–4 Chizbat (Palmach humor), 105, 193n. 69 Civilization, 98, 106–7, 110, 113; old versus new societies, 114–115, 145 Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 130–32 Clinton, William Jefferson (Bill), 130–38 Clover Club, 81 Colonial Literary Journal, 99 Colonization, 98, 102, 106, 113, 189n. 4 Comic, the, 126, 196n. 14 Comic mythology, 114 Complete Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Hebrew, 190n. 20 Conceit, literary, 63–64 Condensation in humor, 28, 32, 125, 172n. 29, 173n. 39. See also Jokes: techniques of Context of humor, 37, 58, 129–40, 143, 145, 186n. 5 “Convict stain” in Australia, 114, 195n. 95 Cooperative principle, 15, 95 Corny humor, 7, 165n. 24 Cowboys, 101, 112–13 Crockett, Davy, 191n. 40, 194n. 92 Crooked Mick (tall tale character), 105, 192n. 51 Cultural loss, 98, 107, 113 Dad and Dave (joke characters), 193–94n. 83 Dean Martin Comedy Hour (television show), 81 Definition: and incongruity, 4–5, 7 Derks, Peter, 200n. 2 Descartes, Rene, 73 Devil’s Dictionary (Bierce), 79 Dialect in jokes, 124, 196n. 4, 198n. 45 Dickens, Charles, 74–75 Differentia, 4–5 Displacement, 28, 34, 121, 154, 171n. 6, 173n. 39. See also Jokes: techniques of Double meaning in jokes, 2–3, 32, 172n. 29, 176n. 35 Double vision in frontier humor, 113 Dreams, 27–28, 71 Dugri (Israeli speech style), 191n. 42 Dumb blond jokes. See Blond jokes Dundes, Alan, 174n. 57 Dyadic traditions, 79–80 “Eat their young,” used as phrase, 20, 168n. 30 Edwards, Ron, 192n. 53 Egalitarianism, 111–12, 119 Ego and the Id (Freud), 154–55 Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi, Gabriella, 8–10...