“The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any scholarly, scientific or neurological studies on the subject.” ProcessResultsBrainStudyMysterySubjectsJokesRemainsScholarly Book:Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets
“The whole movie thing has never been a source of great pride for me, in that Burt Reynolds, who starred in the picture, butchered the original script I had written for the late Steve McQueen, and the result, while a massive moneymaker, was lashed by the critics. But like the old joke about Pierre the Bridge Builder, The Cannonball Run is indelibly inscribed on my so-called career portfolio, and few conversations with strangers pass without the subject of the picture arising.” WholeRunningResultsCareersWrittenSubjectsSourcePrideConversationLateJokesOriginalsCriticsScriptsStrangerBridgesMassiveBuilderPortfoliosMcqueenOld JokesCannonballs Author:Brock Yates
“Senator John Kerry is in trouble for making a joke about soldiers being uneducated. As a result, Kerry promised to stop making jokes and stick to boring people.” PeopleResultsTroubleJokesSticksSoldierBoringSenatorsJohn KerryUneducated Author:Conan O'Brien
“So in the end it wasn't Gödel, it wasn't Turing, and it wasn't my results that are making mathematics go into an experimental mathematics direction, in a quasi-empirical direction. The reason why mathematicians are changing their working habits is the computer. I think that this is an excellent joke!” ThinkingEndsReasonScienceResultsHabitComputerJokesMathematicsExcellentReason WhyMathematician Author:Gregory Chaitin