Humour gender groups and Winter Wonderland

and Winter Wonderland

knock-knock jokes

but progress is not

he makes plans to tear them apart

In the battle between Bofurin and Shishitoren

Humour gender groups and Winter WonderlandA compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western cultureby one of its greatest exponents Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit? Packed with illuminating