**This class will be taught on Zoom**
Ripped from the pages of his award-eligible “Funny: The Book / Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Comedy,” David Misch looks at laughter: what it is, where it comes from and what it means, including…
➢ Why most laughing doesn’t come from anything funny
➢ How chimpanzee urine proves that monkeys have a sense of humor
➢ Laughter’s complicated relationship to danger
➢ Exciting job opportunities in the field of rat-tickling (yes, there’s video)
➢ Why Man is the only animal who blushes. Or needs to.
With video clips ranging from Charlie Chaplin to Bo Burnham, “The Anthropology of Ha!” will reveal the cultural sources of your every chortle.
