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
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
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
I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty to a round of video blog posts. As the fourth part of a four-part series, I asked Alan Reifman, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies : Why do bowlers get a hot hand but basketball
I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty of the psychology department to a round of video blog posts. As the third part of a four-part series (and a follow-up to last week’s post), I asked Associate Professor Erin Hardin: Is happiness being who
I recently spent ten days at Texas Tech University, where I subjected the faculty of the psychology department to a round of video blog posts. As the first part of a four-part series, I spoke to Associate Professor Chris Robitschek. I asked her about a potential downside of maximizing your
One day in HuRL, the Humor Research Lab, we were talking about our favorite sites on the Cheezburger Network (my favorite is FailBook, in case you care). Among other reasons, we decided that as scientist who study humor, we should be able to build a successful humor website. The team
Peter McGraw is concerned about his students and has been writing open letters to them. In this Solo Thoughts episode, he reads those letters
Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building
