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Why a poached egg is funny

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 23, 2018
  • Post category:Appearances/Storytelling
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I performed in a show in Maine earlier this week called Sound Bites. In addition to telling a story, I also served as the emcee for the evening, introducing storytellers…

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A theory on the funniness of people who routinely interrupt others

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:November 25, 2015
  • Post category:Quandry/Storytelling/Words
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Here's what I know:Humor requires patience. The punch line is almost always the last thing to be said, and yet so many people want to say it first. They can't…

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Read more about the article An analysis of humor that will make you a funnier person

An analysis of humor that will make you a funnier person

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:July 3, 2013
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This is supposedly a TED Talk about the anatomy of a New Yorker cartoon, but it is also a dissertation on the nature of humor and what makes things funny.…

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Read more about the article Alex Pareene’s takedown of Andy Borowitz’s humor in Salon is a joke.

Alex Pareene’s takedown of Andy Borowitz’s humor in Salon is a joke.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:August 27, 2012
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Alex Pareene wrote a take down of humorist Andy Borowitz that I found so infantile that I felt obliged to write a take down of his take down here, even…

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