Planet funny how comedy took over our culture
Presents a history of humor, from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets all the way up to the latest Twitter memes, that tells the story of how comedy came to rule the modern world.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2018.
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| Edition: | First Scribner hardcover edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Planet funny : |b how comedy took over our culture / |c Ken Jennings. |
| 250 | |a First Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Scribner, |c 2018. | |
| 300 | |a vii, 312 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-304) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a Presents a history of humor, from fart jokes on clay Sumerian tablets all the way up to the latest Twitter memes, that tells the story of how comedy came to rule the modern world. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Our funny century -- Funny for no reason -- The march of progress -- Notes from an epidemic -- A little more conversation -- Everyone's a comedian -- Bon Jovi, come home -- Mirth control -- A blurry, amorphous thud -- We shall overcomb -- New tiryntha. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Wit and humor |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Comedy |x History and criticism. | |
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