Co-authored with Phil Fernbach. In last week’s post, we presented an analysis of the captions for The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest #281 (which Roger Ebert won). We hoped that the analysis would help generate a general set of principles that would be useful to folks who want to win future contests. Our takeaway: Try […]
Do you want to win The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest? The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest is the biggest of its kind in the world. Each week, thousands of readers submit potential captions for the cartoon on the last page of the magazine. The winner gets his or her name in The New Yorker […]
Peter McGraw talks to Jonathan Levav about Levav’s paper on sandwich eating and judicial rulings.
Comedian Alonzo Bodden reads Peter McGraw and Caleb Warren’s research paper on humor, and he discusses his reaction to their humor theory.
Peter McGraw’s research on humor is covered in Wired Magazine’s May 2011 issue, which is dedicated to comedy.
Peter McGraw talks to the Stanford Band about Humor.
Meeting (and running with) the Stanford Band Last week, I met with the writers of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band. We had a great talk about the band’s use of humor. The meeting happened to be on the first Wednesday of the Spring quarter, which is one of two days a year that […]
April Fools! (Two days early) Thanks. www.savagechickens.com .April Fools’ Day (aka All Fools’ Day) – the one day a year dedicated to humor, where practical jokes and pranks are not just tolerated but encouraged. Though the origins of the day are debated, historians tend to believe that it started in 1582, the year France changed […]
