What’s So Funny?!? The Future of Humor and Technology

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The buzz: “Over the centuries human beings have always loved to laugh. We can imagine jokes being shared by our cave dwelling ancestors about the two woolly mammoths. Today comedy is shared with vast audience by world-famous arena-filling comedians. Comedy is part of human culture. “There seems to be more comedy than ever. There are local comedy clubs, the Edinburgh Fringe, YouTube, comedy series and Hollywood movies – however you like your comedy served up, there is probably a source catering to your taste. “Still some key challenges…for all but the very top tier of acts to make a living…comedy has always lingered slightly in music’s shadow in terms of new media – lagging behind embracing digital platforms.” (Sarah Henley, co-founder of NextUp, www.tvbeurope.com/features/what-impact-might-technology-have-on-comedy We’ll ask Eddie Sarfaty, Lori Hammel, Peter Michael Marino and Karen Bergreen for their take on “What’s So Funny?!? The Future of Humor and Technology.”

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0:00.0	Where does yesterday's future, which is already here, ready here, really here, meet today's future, which is about to happen, and tomorrow's future, which could be just minutes away?
0:16.3	Welcome to Technology Revolution, the future of now.
0:27.5	Where host Bonnie D. Graham asks savvy futurists for their predictions about the tech-driven trends that are shaping our future right now.
0:30.9	Here's your host who will take us into the future of now, Bonnie D. Graham.
0:36.5	Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome.
0:38.3	This is a very special day.
0:39.4	You just heard the voice of my co-producer and very good friend and colleague Ryan
0:43.3	Treasure at Voice America.
0:45.3	He's the VP of Operations.
0:46.5	I call him the VP of everything.
0:47.7	And it's Ryan's birthday.
0:49.1	And I like to say that Ryan and I are a brother and sister.
0:51.8	We share a birthday.
0:52.7	It's a couple of decades apart.
0:54.6	So whatever the mom was, she was an amazing woman and his mother was still around.
0:58.7	So let's all say happy birthday to Ryan Treasure.
1:01.3	Happy birthday.
1:03.4	Ryan and Bonnie.
1:05.3	Well, thank you.
1:07.1	Thank you.
1:07.9	Thank you.
1:08.5	I did a live radio, a TV show many years ago, actually 20 years ago in New York
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