Laughs With Lindsey

I didn't recognize Eric Andre at all until that last clip with Amber Rose: "Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?" In spite of this, I found his content to be hilarious exactly because of how unstructured and awkward it is. I enjoy the way Theo applied the theories of humor to his style, specifically the theory of incongruity. Andre is, as Theo pointed out, an absolutely absurd character, and the plot (or lack thereof) is ridiculously difficult to follow because it's all over the place. I think this style of sitcom is very attractive to our generation, partially because we can watch it whenever we want without any sort of prior context needed, but mostly because it satisfies our need for absurdist humor... And this idea connects back to the relief theory of humor. As a generation growing up in a world that is failing politically, socially, economically, environmentally, etc., we get some sense of relief from consuming entertainment that mirrors th...

Friends - The One in Vegas: Part 1 1) Overall Perceived Funniness: 7 2) Overall Reported Enjoyment: 5 3) Types of Humor Evident in the Episode: putdown humor, wordplay humor, sarcasm, joking socially, self-deprecation, incongruity, people doing stupid things, a sight gag, naughty humor The Office - The Dundies 1) Overall Perceived Funniness: 8 2) Overall Reported Enjoyment: 9 3) Types of Humor Evident in the Episode: putdown humor, sarcasm, joking around to fit in, joking socially, incongruity, people doing stupid things, dark humor, sick humor, naughty humor This is such an interesting phenomenon! I actually found the episode of The Office much funnier than the episode of Friends, and I wouldn't be surprised if that had something to do with the lack of a laugh track for two reasons: reality and relatability. To me, Friends feels more staged than The Office. I've even noticed, having watched Friends all the way through, that the same laughs are often repeated (there...

Since we've been talking about memes and meme culture a bit this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss a meme in my lead blog post. So I began scrolling through the Instagram explore page for inspiration. I saw many clever memes, amusing vines, and witty tumblrposts that I'd already seen before, but nothing really struck me as new or interesting. Then, I stumbled across something I did not expect:  this . A description could not possibly do it justice, so please go take a look for yourself. Anyway, I wasn't sure if this was staged by the account owner or if it was an actual scene from something, so I did a little research. What I found was even funnier that the meme itself: there's an actual, real-life mini-series on YouTube called "The Most Popular Girls in School" which follows the daily lives of... Barbies. Yes, you read that right. This hilariously unnerving hybrid of Gossip Girl and Keeping Up with the Kardashians is a stop...