The best holiday of the year is almost here (I’m talking about Halloween of course), and we can hardly contain our excitement. What’s the only thing that can make trick-or-treating, pumpkin carving, ...

Eastern European humor has most often seemed too dry, too fatalistic and too independent of the standard punchline to work outside its native soil. And the irritating "Hammer & Tickle" is burdened ...

How did the zombie become great a trick or treating? Dead-ication. What is a vampire's favorite halloween candy? A sucker. What do demons eat for breakfast? Deviled eggs. What did the girl horse dress ...

That may seem like just a silly pun, but it likely triggered widespread activity in that noggin of yours. Tristan Bekinschtein and his coauthors learned this by using MRI to scan a dozen volunteers’ ...

During his forthcoming standup special, comedian Glen Tickle jokes, “Humor is a defensive mechanism that I’ve weaponized into a career.” The punchline not only lands, but it speaks to a much larger ...

Tickling, a seemingly involuntary reflex, evolved not for humor but for connection. It targets exposed areas, triggering laughter when the touch is r ...

Halloween might primarily be a scary holiday, but that doesn’t mean it’s not also pretty darn funny. While you’re coming up with the best ideas for Halloween costumes, get a laugh (and maybe some ...