In-joke Essays

Practical Jokes In our lives, we all have either played a practical joke on someone or was the victim of a practical joke. Practical jokes can be fun for the perpetrator, but can be cruel for the victim. Like Vera from the short story “The Open Window” by Henry Gilfond, I have also played a trick on someone before. My trick is not nearly as cruel as Vera’s is but it her’s did work better than mine. Even though Vera’s trick worked better, it was a bad idea. No doubt about it, Vera’s trick was more

Throughout the history of comic books in North America, there have been several iconic comics that have stood to create a literary canon for the medium, despite its low culture signification. One of these comics was Batman: The Killing Joke, in which writer Alan Moore and illustrator Brian Bolland delve into the psychology of the iconic supervillain the Joker. Despite its reputation as one of the best comics of all time, it is also one of the most controversial because of the violence enacted on

third joke emerges from the falsity of language. In The Joke, language has been observed as the path of fallacy. Language is used to express falsity instead of communication. During The Ride of the Kings, in an interview with a radio commentator, Jaroslav wants to express his dissatisfaction on the party’s exploitation of his beloved and long preserved folk culture. Instead of rebuking the comrades, party associates, he thanks them for their help. Here, empty words emerge as an eminent Joke as falsity

How would you feel if you were not allowed to believe in your faith because of the constitution? The article, "Some Lawmakers Are Making The Separation Of Church And State Seem Like A Total Joke", written by Julia Craven (staff reporter) and edited by Nick Wing (senior viral editor) at the Huffington Post. Craven graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Politics and Wing graduated with a Bachelor of Art in Political Science and Journalism. This allows them to provide accurate and informational

Children’s Jokes My observations on this activity included three children from the same family: Bella, a three-year-old girl, Korbyn, an eight-year-old boy, and Hy’Cei, an eleven-year-old girl. The observations were done individually to avoid distractions or influences and together to compare the differences. The children were interviewed on Halloween a couple of hours before they went out to trick-or-treat. They were promised candy as a motivator to participate since they were ready to go out and

Villains are not born sinful, they all started as normal human beings. But after living through a horrible event in their past, they changed. They transformed from their past selves into a new character, a villain. The graphic novel Batman the Killing Joke, focuses on one of the most well-known villain’s in the Batman series, the Joker. Before his change, the Joker was an ordinary husband who worked to support his wife and unborn child. But

Many audiences of stand up comedy enjoy hearing their favorite comedian entertain them. But what would one think when a comedian cracks a joke about a sensitive topic, for example, a tragedy that affected hundreds of people. Some may argue that, comedians are not supposed to overstep the boundary of controversial jokes. These controversial jokes are linked with political correctness—which is used to describe language, policies, and measures that are taken to avoid offense to certain groups of people

man named Hop-Frog (a dwarf, cripple, and jester) is forced to be a servant to a king and do whatever he can to “entertain” the king and his seven ministers. Eventually, he is fed up and comes up with a plan to trick the king and his ministers with a joke. The king and his ministers believe that it is a harmless skit, but in reality, Hop-Frog ends up killing them all and later escaping. In the story “Hop-Frog,” Hop-Frog is justified in his decision to kill the king and his seven ministers because they

supports the vastly inappropriate jokes made on the show, a large portion of society love it. What makes it okay for this show to make fun of these very serious subjects? Antonia Peacocke, author of “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious”, discusses how Family Guy changed her viewpoint over these seemingly obscene jokes. Although I find Peacocke has some very interesting points in her article, I do not agree with her entirely. Making jokes about certain subjects is okay

crowd thinks that it is a laughing stock they are all standing up and cheering for Gary. At the end of the contest Gray is awarded first place, Gary is over the moon. Now that gary won the contest everyone thinks that he is amazing people laugh at his jokes and don’t call him goone or idiot anymore, people actually acknowledge him. On going plot : It all begins with the author talking about how Gary 's Smile is really ugly and the the author introduces gary and

about the person that others may find funny. Television shows such as Family guy or American Dad sometimes uses events that people usually don’t associate with light-heartedness and makes a joke out of them as well. Humorists have the ability to make a comment that would usually be very offensive into a safe joke that most won’t take to heart. In today’s society, comedians and cartoonist say pretty much anything that comes to mind. They talk about serious things

it could be a clever joke someone thought of and uses it whenever possible. Comedy typically has little to no boundaries in what is said or done during the half an hour to an hour long presentation. At the Comedy Attic in Bloomington the comedic that our class went to see was Jon Dore. He was not the only one who presented some jokes, the emcee also said a few of his own and there was also an opener. Although the overall show was amusing there was distinct parts where some jokes were rather tense and

which isn 't always a blessing. Sometimes I 'd be around a group of people and person A would make a racist joke about person B. Person B would give a hint of a frown for one second before covering it with a hefty laugh. I 've met a person who deals with schizophrenia, who loves to laugh and make jokes about even the topics that aren 't so funny. I 'd ask him why he felt the need to make a joke out of everything, and he answered "I 'm just doing what everyone else seems to be doing." That smacked me

Human beings are prone to laugh at certain entertaining events. Laughter is typically described as a response to a particular situation. We all have unconsciously laughed or smiled at least a hundred times in our entire life. The intriguing question about this matter is why do people laugh? This strange action must have something to do with the human nature. A researcher, Robert Provine goes in detail to find out the essential use of laughter. In Provine’s article, The Science of Laughter, states

The big question that majority of the people who watch comedy is, “How can a person write comedy about a serious issues without making light of the serious issue?” The answer is quite simple, because serious themes with comedy add richness to the piece because it allows the audience to have a well-needed break from horror or grief that comes about with daily lives and daily expectations and standards. While comedians will make everybody uncomfortable sooner or later, great comedians are playing a

Most of us already know and love Howie Mandel. You might know him as the host of Deal or No Deal or you might know him as one of the judges off of America's Got Talent. Howie is known in many ways and is especially known as quite a funny guy. Howie has many facts you might not of known about him. Howie Mandel was born in Toronto, Canada in 1955. Howie had a rough childhood, ever since he was little he has had obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

We have all met someone who jokes about everything but hidden behind their jokes is the truth. These people are humorists. A humorist is a person, artist, performer, or writer who uses humor to get their thoughts and points across. By using humor to convey their thoughts humorists convey messages that normal people believe but would never think of saying out loud. If you were to go home and turn on your television, there would be many stations are full of cartons that use humor to attack, criticize

Have you ever heard someone use their nationality as a joke? Well have you ever heard about Maz Jobrani? Maz is an American Iranian comedian who sometimes jokes about his nationality. He often uses humor to make things more funny and enjoyable. First, Maz used structure to make the joke funny in order to make the audience laugh. Well, looking back in his video, Mr.Jobrani is talking about how he got to the comedy stuff and who he came with and where they’re from and then he kept

to others, and his jokes or pranks can be very uncomfortable as well. The jokester will stop nothing for a laugh and to get attention, even in front of very important people in the company (“Using Humor Wisely on the Job”, 2008). To intervene in the practices of this group member, I would speak to the individual about their actions. I will explain to them how their actions are affecting the group’s productivity. He would also be informed of how uncomfortable or offensive his jokes are to others, and

day and tries to participate in as many events as he can. He uses these smaller shows like open mic nights to test out his newer routines to see how people react to them. He also uses his friends to test out these jokes. In some rare cases Gonzalez also admits to trying out his new jokes during his larger audience shows. Everyone gets nervous, even Gonzalez. He admits even he still gets nervous before a show. “I allow myself to get a little nervous.” Said Gonzalez “It pushes me when I am on stage