Ted Rall for July 02, 1997
Transcript:
The disembodied joke guy: Humor: Where it originates (comes from): Hi kids! Ever wondered where humor comes from? Check out... Man: So there's this guy, and he does this stuff, but it's totally not cool for him to be doing it. Anyway, this other dude, who's totally not the same kind of guy as the first one walks in and sees the stuff the guy- the first one- is doing. He lets out a tremendous yowl. Leaps on the bad guy and screams: "What kind of maniac would do that stuff you're doing?" To which the dude says: "it's not your wife; it's your mom!" Woman: Ha! Ha! That's great! Man: No. It's not. Woman: I know. These days I'll use any excuse to laugh. Next Time: Where humor goes later.