Before we consider the reasons for the popularity of comedy, it is necessary to create an overview of the changed field of entertainment. In the past two decades alone, consumption patterns of ...

A history of comedy’s last three decades of pop culture dominance argues that it is among the consequential American art forms. As a woman who spent her 20s in often-dark, sometimes-damp basements ...

Today's guest blogger is my good friend and professor of psychology at Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Jeffery Scott Mio. When I was a professor at Washington State University, a colleague of mine used to say ...

A humorous series featuring the reactions of a regular cast of characters to unusual situations, such as misunderstandings or embarrassing coincidences. These comedies are usually centred around a ...

The inherent appeal of laughter and comedy as an art form means that there will always be a built-in audience of people who love watching a great comedy movie that gives them the joys of uproarious ...