Episode 67: Funny How?

Very Bad Wizards

Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2015

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Tamler break the cardinal rule of comedy by trying to analyze it. What are the origins and functions of humor? Can a theory explain what makes us laugh? Is humor entirely subjective? Why would anyone find Mr. Bean funny? Plus, we lose some geek cred by confessing some iconic comedians that we never liked, and ask why the American Psychologist Association loves to torture people.

Links

Report Claims American Psychological Association Secretly Supported Torture Policy [time.com]
The philosophy of humor [iep.utm.edu]
Key and Peele: Gay Wedding [youtube.com]
Key and Peele: Awesome Hitler Story [youtube.com]
Goodfellas: How the Fuck Am I Funny? [youtube.com]
Steven Wright: Birthday Present [youtube.com]
Hannibal Burress: Pickle Juice [youtube.com]
George Carlin on Fat People [youtube.com]
Jerry Seinfeld on Airport Security [youtube.com]
Louis CK: Pig Newtons [youtube.com]
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Rash [youtube.com]
Eddie Murphy: Barbecue [youtube.com]
Bill Burr on Trying to Buy a Pumpkin [youtube.com]

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0:00.0	Very bad wizards is a podcast with a philosopher, my dad, and psychologist Dave Pizarro,
0:06.1	having an informal discussion about issues and signs and ethics.
0:09.5	Please note that the discussion contains bad words that I'm out of, I'd say,
0:13.8	and knowing my dad some very inappropriate jokes.
0:17.3	If you don't like the parade run in the opposite direction, you will fast forward the parade.
0:21.4	The parade in on his pocket, made your attention to that man behind the curtain.
0:36.4	Who are you? Who are you? I'm very bad man.
0:41.4	I'm a very good man. Good man.
0:45.4	Just a very bad wizard. Welcome to very bad wizards, I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston.
0:55.9	Dave, I'm going to do my bad wizard today.
1:00.7	You're a very bad man.
1:04.9	I'm a very good man. Just a very bad wizard.
1:08.9	Welcome to very bad wizards. I'm Tamler Summers from the University of Houston.
1:13.7	Dave, I'm going to do my best to have a good show today, but if I don't, are you going
1:18.4	to send the government to torture me?
1:22.2	You know, I take it that you're referring to the news that the American Psychological
1:28.8	Association had a role in drafting the legal and moral justification for torture.
1:36.7	Okay.
1:37.7	Two things.
1:38.7	One, there's a bunch of clinicians, you know, we have...
1:42.4	There's American Psychological Society, and that's the real scientists.
1:45.9	The APA is just a bunch of clinicians.
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