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Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes by Jim Holt

Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes

Jim Holt

160 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy funny informative slow-paced
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Stop Me If You've Heard This is the first book to trace the evolution of the joke from the stand-up comics of ancient Athens to the comedy-club Seinfelds of today. Cropping up en route are such unforgettable figures as Poggio, a Renaissance papal ...

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