In this week’s Free Will, I chat with Jim Holt about his new book Stop Me If You Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. Jim’s book was a lot of fun, and so was our talk. Here’s the not exactly stellar review in yesterday’s New York Times Book Review, but I liked this book because it made me laugh, think, and I read it in a half-hour.
Will Wilkinson
The Sweet Release of Reason
Did you ever get any explanation about the “I would have thought Curb Your Enthusiasm is over your libertarian head” comment?
Yeah, that was weird.
The Alan Dundes paper on Auschwitz jokes was published here:
Western Folklore, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Oct., 1983), pp. 249-260
Perhaps Free Will will improve the libertarian image…
One intellectual (and hundreds of viewers) at a time.
Perhaps Free Will will improve the libertarian image…
One intellectual (and hundreds of viewers) at a time.