The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives

by Al Gini

When E. B. White said "analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog; few people are interested and the frog dies," he hadn't seen Al Gini's hilarious, incisive, and informative take on jokes, joke-telling, and the jokers who tell jokes. For Gini, humor is more than just foolish fun: it serves as a safety valve for dealing with reality that gives us the courage to endure that which we cannot understand or avoid. Not everyone tells jokes. Not everyone...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442281766
• ISBN13: 9781442281769
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"