What makes something funny? 30 Articles

by Dolores Moore

Are you joking? Do you seriously think this question is answerable, without turning yourself inside out in search of something that can be universally applied? The only certainty is that funny, amusing and hilarious peop...read more

by Polymath

There is no 'magic formula' that makes something funny to all audiences. Every professional comedian has people who like them and people who don't. People have different tastes in humor just as they do in food, music a...read more

by Alena Savoy

"What in the world is so funny?!" That is usually the words that come out of my father's mouth every time I tell my mother a joke. My mom has the best sense of humor in the world, and I believe that's exactly where I get i...read more

by Todd Pheifer

I suppose you could argue that if one person finds something funny, then it is funny. After all, perception is reality and if that one person sees some humor, then for them the certainty of mirth exists. If you are talki...read more

by David Swyer

WHAT MAKES SOMETHING FUNNY __________________________ When I first encountered the title, "WHAT MAKES SOMETHING FUNNY", my initial reaction was that funny is anything that causes you to laugh, chuckle, or giggle. I rea...read more

by James Frizzell

Funny is relative. No matter how you slice it. I could tell you a satirical story about Britney Spears that many would find hilarious, but if you don't know who Britney Spears is and haven't been following her exploits i...read more

by Jenessa Gayheart

What makes something funny? The pleasant tweaking of your stuck-rut perspective. Husband: "Nothing like a little competition between you sisters to spice up life." Wife: "Like 'sibling rivalry?'" Husband: "Like...read more

by Debbie Blumenthal

Question: What makes something funny? Answer: When it makes you smile or laugh! No doubt this is over-simplified, but it is still true. There is no one joke, story or event that absolutely everyone will find funny. Ha...read more

by A. South

In my group of friends there is an emphasis on being funny. This is especially true for the guys in the group, the funnier you are, the cooler you are, and the more beneficial it is to have you around. . One of the b...read more

by Cory Chapman

What makes something funny? I would have to say circumstances and situations. The popular show about nothing was all circumstances and situations, thus we have situation comedies; sitcoms. You can even find somethi...read more

by Darla Gatlin

What is funny is as subjective as pain. What hurts one has no effect on another. The same can be said for humor. There's the joke that had you giggling hysterically while everybody else smiled politely trying not to mak...read more

by Colette Georgii

There is a fine line between comedy and tragedy. If we see someone fall, sometimes we laugh. If you fall yourself, you might get up and laugh at yourself. Clearly falling is a tragedy. If you fell in a bad fall you cou...read more

by Vicki Phipps

What makes something funny requires being at the right place and at the right time. For me, anything seems more funny late at night than at day light. It's why we say, "You had to be there." Then again, a better question ...read more

by Ethel Smith

What makes something funny is very hard to pinpoint. It is difficult as, what someone finds hilarious, someone else may find boring, sad or just plain unfunny. What makes a comedian funny is so personal. How ever skilled t...read more

by Mary Angelie Agujetas

Laughter is the best medicine as they say. It takes all your pain and heartaches away.Finding humor in a situation is not easy as one to three.Yet, I believe that laughing is a good way to release the inner tensions and it...read more

by Ian Loft

An interesting and challenging question what does make something funny? Each of us has a sense of humour refined during a lifetime of experiences, culture, influence and interaction with others. What one person finds fu...read more

by C Davison

Anything in life is food for a true comedian. A comedian knows that real tragedy is where the best jokes can be made - later. No tragedy is funny at the time, but think about it. A while later, when you've stopped hurti...read more

by Cynthia Harlan

We love to laugh at ourselves and our daily lives. If you can relate to your audience through your humor, you've captured it. A room full of single people will laugh at jokes about dating, sex, the opposite gender, the...read more

by S.E. Whitbeck

What makes things funny for me is the element of surprise, or that little thing that catches me off guard. Usually, it happens at the most inopportune time and lands me in the position of appearing to be immoral and rude, ...read more

by Allen Teal

Events are funny when they present us with something unexpected that isn't a bad thing. Even bad things are sometimes funny either at the time or at a later date. Most jokes rely on the unexpected to drive the punch line...read more