Comedy Tonight: "Why We Laugh -- or Do We?": Another "Benchley Tonight" resurrection
Benchley attempts to introduce a man "who needs no introduction," in The Sky's the Limit."Incidentally, by the time you have the 'humor' analyzed, it will be found that the necessity for laughing has been relieved."-- Robert Benchley, in "Why We Laugh -- or Do We?"by KenSomehow the idea has gotten around that we're living in a Golden Age of Comedy -- sometimes known, I gather, as the Age of Apatow, not just in movies but on TV (cf. the abominable Grrlz). As far as I can tell, the overriding principle of comedy in this golden age is that it's never funny.