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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-41654-2 — The Language of Humor Don L. F. Nilsen , Alleen Pace Nilsen Index More Information Index The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart), Akihito, Emperor of Japan, 280 211 Alazons, 180 Abedin, Huma, 229, 230, 231, 292 Albert, Eddie, 124 Abort the Republicans, 152 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, 200 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Indian (Alexie), 19 Good, Very Bad Day (Viorst), 76, 80, 114 Abstract Expressionism, 29 Alexie, Sherman, 19 Accidental humor, 8 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll), from children, 295, 313–316 63, 296 Accusatoriness, in cartoons, 32–33 Aliens, in sitcoms, 125 Action painting, 29 All in the Family (TV show), 27, 124 The Act of Creation (Koestler), 28, 56 All Joking Aside: American Humor and its Adams, Atomic Azgnut, 198 Discontents (Krefting), 195 Adams, Hunter Doherty, 197–199 Allegories, 185 Adams, Lars Zig Edquist, 198 Allen, Amoy, 93 Adams, Nick, 32 Allen, Gracie, 122 Adams, Patch, 194, 197–199 Allen, Woody, 207, 232 Adams, Reginald, 253 Allusions, 9, 83, 167 Adams, Scott, 35, 48 geographical, 188 Adamson, Joe, 35 humorous, to children’s literature, 189–191 The Addams Family (TV show), 123 in children’s literature, 78–83 Adophasis, 188 mondegreens as, 11 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), as tropes, 185 181 Ambiguity, 254–256 The Adventures of Pinocchio (Collodi), 167 double entendre and, 320 Advertising intentional, 164 for McDonald’s restaurants, 50 misinterpretation and, 297 humor in, 48–49 paradox of, 297 Advertising Rhetoric of Madison Avenue Amelia Bedelia books (Parish), 76 (AROMA), 322 Amelioration, eponyms and, 220 Aesop, 248, 327 American Beauty (film), 244 Affiliative humor, 297, 301, 302 American Indian Comedy slam, 17 benefits of, 195 American Indians, 23 African-American humor, 14–16 clowns of, 335 sitcoms and, 123 conflict with settlers, 272 Age differences in humor, 72–74 humor of, 16–19, 104 Agee, James, 263 Indian Schools and, 119, 273 Aggressive humor, 298, 301, 302 reservations for, 273 detrimental effects of, 195 sports team names and, 272–276 Agnew, Spiro, 279 tribes of, 17 Aguilla, Daniel, 32 Amos ’n’ Andy (TV show), 123 Airplane (film), 241 Amsterdam, Morey, 207 367 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-41654-2 — The Language of Humor Don L. 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Nilsen , Alleen Pace Nilsen Index More Information 368 Index Anachronisms, 65, 238, 329, 330 Attention-grabbing, in cartoons, 30–32 Anacoluthon, 328, 330 Auguste clowns, 337 Analogies, 330 Aunt Erma’s Cope Book (Bombeck), 143 farfetched, 329 Austen, Jane, 90, 179, 181 Analyze This (film), 241 Australia, Irish in, 20 Anatomy of Criticism (Frye), 177 Avon cosmetics company, 102 Anaya, Rudolfo, 23 Anderson, Leroy, 214 Baby and Child Care (Spock), 92 Andrews, Julie, 114, 209 Baby Driver (film), 244 Angle, Sharron, 33 Bach, Johann Sebastian, 210, 211 Animal Farm (Orwell), 165, 179, 325 Baker, Russell, 92 Animal House (film), 239 Baldwin, Alec, 289 Animals Ball, LaVar, 289 as team mascots, 270 Balzac, Honoré de, 157 characteristics separating humans from, 61 The Barber of Seville (Rossini), 212 Animated sitcoms, 124, 125 Barbs, 341–342 Animation, 171 Barefoot Boy with Cheek (Shulman), 109 Aniston, Jennifer, 148 Barreca, Regina, 89, 90 Annie Get Your Gun (musical), 206 Barrett, Judi, 83 Anthony, Bert, 268 Barrett, Ron, 83 Anthropology, 13–14 Barrick, Mac E., 129 Antithesis, 167 Barth, Belle, 24 Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap The Basic Humor Process: A Cognitive-Shift Shots, and October Surprises in U. S. Theory and the Case against Incongruity Presidential Campaign (Cummins), 291 (Latta), 252 Apte, Mahadev L., 14 Beany and Cecil cartoons, 77 Aptronyms, 310 Beatlemania (musical), 205 Aquinas, St. Thomas, 259 Beattie, J., 252 The Arab News, 36 Beaver Female Seminary, 270 Araprosdokians, 192 Beck, Tom, 81, 190 Arbuckle, Fatty, 241 Beckett, Samuel, 20 Arcadia University, 270 Beethoven, Ludvig van, 210, 211 Archaisms, 186 Beetlejuice (film), 243 Architecture, humorous, 30 The Beggar’s Opera (musical), 206 Architecture, maximalism in, 29 Behaviorist hypothesis of language Arcimboldo, Giuseppe, 36, 177 acquisition, 250 Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Behaviors, 296–298 (Blume), 76 “Bells” (Poe), 328 Aristophanes, 179 Benny, Jack, 207 Aristotle, 252, 259, 321 Benson, Steve, 283 The Arizona Republic, 148 Bergen, Edgar, 20 Arizona Diamondbacks, 269 Bergson, Henri, 260, 285 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Berra, Yogi, 72, 330 267–268 Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year (Brooks, Artemis Fowl books (Colfer), 20, 104 ed.), 229 Arthur (film), 241 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (musical), 206 Arthur, Bea, 125 Better Foot Forward: The History of American Artistic originality, 28, 56–57 Musical Theatre (Mordden), 206 Assembly line, 55 Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Association for Applied and Therapeutic (video), 67 Humor, 1, 195 Beverly Hillbillies (TV show), 124 Astaire, Fred, 242 Bevo (mascot), 269 Astley, Philip, 337 Beyl, Charles, 229 At Wit’s End (Bombeck), 143 Bidpai, 248 Attardo, Salvatore, 166, 253 Big Bad Wolf, 78 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-41654-2 — The Language of Humor Don L. 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Nilsen , Alleen Pace Nilsen Index More Information Index 369 The Big Bang Theory (TV show), 125, 180 Brousfield, B., 304 The Big Lebowski (film), 244 Brown, Alan, 303 The Big Apple, 98 Brown, Jerry, 33 Bildungsroman novels, 181 Bruce, Lenny, 196 Biles, Simone, 218 Bruegel, Peter, 36 Biloxi Blues (film), 240 Brunvand, Jan Harold, 130, 346 Biloxi Blues (Simon), 99 Bryant, Aidy, 290 Biomedical model of health psychology, 299 Buchwald, Art, 142, 143–145, 336 Biopsychosocial model of health psychology, Buck, Ken, 33 299 Buckley, William F., Jr., 172 Bird in Flight (Brâncus¸i), 29 Buddhism, Tibetan, laughter and Bish, Randy, 32 openmindedness stressed by, 310 Biting satire, 164 Budweiser beer, 101 Blackadder Goes Forth (TV show), 236 Bugs Bunny “Blackface comedy”, 123 Fifty Years and Only One Grey Hare Blair, Tony, 234 (Adamson), 35 Blazing Saddles (film), 238 Bull Durham (film), 241 Bless Me Ultima (Anaya), 23 Bullets over Broadway (film), 241 Blitt, Barry, 33 Bunkerisms, 330 Blount, Roy, 33 Bunyan, John, 310 Blume, Judy, 76 Bunyan, Paul, 127 Blumenfeld, Warren S., 176 Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, 119, 273 Body language, unintentional, 265 Burgess, Anthony, 179 Boehner, John, 80 Burgess, Gelett, 328 Bogue, Merwyn, 208 Burlesque shows, 337 Bombeck, Bill, 142 Burnett, Carol, 209 Bombeck, Erma, 141–143 Burns, George, 122, 208 Bond, Felicia, 83 Bush, Barbara, 280 Book of Mormon (musical), 216 Bush, George H. W., 280 Borat (film), 240 Bush, George W., 62, 257, 281 Borge, Victor, 214, 215 Business humor, 43–54 Boskin, Joseph, 24, 128, 131, 132 customers and, 43, 48–49 Bottomley, Virginia, 234 kinds of, 43 Boyd, Brian, 252 Buster Brown Shoes, 35 B-Phlat, 197 Butler, Ron, 234 Bradbury, Ray, 179 Byrne, Jason, 20 The Brady Bunch (TV show), 123 Brâncus¸i, Constantin, 29 Cabaret (musical), 205 Brant, William, 304 Cacography, 330 Braque, Georges, 28 Caconyms, 233 Brave New World (Huxley), 179 Caddyshack (film), 241 Breathed, Berkeley, 35 Caesar, Sid, 207 Brice, Fanny, 24 Callahan, John, 35 Bridesmaids (film), 94 Callus, Charlie, 207 Bridges, Jeff, 244 The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Brigham Young University Book (Watterson), 35 computer animation program of, 39 Campbell, Joseph, 180, 308 Brinsley, Richard, 172 Can Can, 213 Broadway musical theater, 215–216 Candid Camera (TV show), 338 Brontë, Emily, 179 Candide (Voltaire), 181 The Bronx Bird Watcher (song), 236 Canon in D (Pachelbel), 210 Brooks, Albert, 26 Canova, Judy, 207 Brooks, Charles, 229 Canterbury Tales (Chaucer), 180 Brooks, Mel, 238 The Capitol Steps (musical group), 214, 236 Broom Hilda (comic strip), 34 Captain Kangaroo (TV show), 77 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-41654-2 — The Language of Humor Don L. 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Nilsen , Alleen Pace Nilsen Index More Information 370 Index Captain Marvel, 34 Chiasmus, 168 Captain Underpants books (Pilkey), 80 Chicano/a humor, 22–24 Car names, 227 Chicken Little, 78 Card, Orson Scott, 181 Children of a Lesser God (film), 239 Caricatures, 30 Children, accidental humor from, 295, Carle, Eric, 82 313–316 Carlin, George, 196 Children’s literature Carnahan, Robin, 33 allusion in, 78–83 Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns), 213 cartoons alluding to, 190 Carroll, Lewis, 63, 171, 296 exaggeration in, 76 Carson, Ben, 257 excitation-transfer theory and, 77 Carson, Johnny, 92, 207 humorous allusions to, 189–191 Carter, Jimmy, 157, 279, 280 Children’s TV, 77–78 Cartoons, 30–33 Chomsky, Noam, 170, 250, 330 about disabilities, 35 Christian, Michael, 306 allusions in, 81, 82, 190 Christie, Agatha, 178 about Anthony Weiner, 229 Church humor, 315 Beany and Cecil, 77 Churchill, Winston, 73, 333 about death, 310 Cicero, 259 about Harry Potter, 190 Circumlocution, 186 in newspapers, 138 Circus clowns, 337 obituary, 74, 147 Cisneros, Sandra, 24 political, 102, 279, 283 Citizen Kane (film), 240 religious, 308–310 Clark, Ann Nolan, 119 about weddings, 310 Clark, Bud, 279 "Willie and Joe", 128 Classical music, humor in, 210–213 Carvey, Dana, 35 Clay, Henry, 172 Catch 22 (Heller), 180 Cleese, John, 310 The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 180, 181 Cleveland Indians, mascot of, 272, 275, 276 Cathedral architecture, 29 Clichés, 320 Cathy (comic strip), 34 Clinton,