Bibliograph

Planet funny, how comedy took over our culture, Ken Jennings

Type

Label

Planet funny, how comedy took over our culture, Ken Jennings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-304) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Planet funny

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1035849245

Responsibility statement

Ken Jennings

Sub title

how comedy took over our culture

Summary

Presents a history of humor, from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets all the way up to the latest Twitter memes, that tells the story of how comedy came to rule the modern world

Table Of Contents

Our funny century -- Funny for no reason -- The march of progress -- Notes from an epidemic -- A little more conversation -- Everyone's a comedian -- Bon Jovi, come home -- Mirth control -- A blurry, amorphous thud -- We shall overcomb -- New tiryntha

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