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What We Laugh At (1956)

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About this film

Going more deeply into the how and why of laughter, Dr. Feinberg discusses international jokes and tells how they originated. A clown routine, so common in international jokes, is demonstrated and analyzed. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)

Directors & creators

WOI-TV (Television station : Ames, Iowa)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Humor, Laughter, Satire, Psychology of humor, Philosophy of humor, Leonard Feinberg, 1950s television, National Educational Television, Clowns, International jokes, Theories of laughter, Incongruity theory, Superiority theory, Relief from restraint, History of humor, Human behavior, Social restrictions, Sociology, Cultural history, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Native Americans, Puns, Comedy, Non-humorous laughter

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