Walker's Lead Blog Post Response

In this week's blog, Walker used a compilation video of Anthony Jeselnik's jokes. Walker talked about how the incongruity theory fits into the types of jokes Anthony makes. I think his jokes could also fit into the relief theory because his jokes build up tensions and then released through nervous laughter from the audience. In general, I think the relief theory can be applied to dark humor because it makes people uncomfortable and builds up tensions wich are released through laughter. It is also hard to tell when someone is "just joking" too so instead we laugh in these situations to make them less uncomfortable because humor is meant to be funny and not to be taken as seriously. The most humorous part of the video was when Anthony made the joke about "my thoughts and prayers to the families in Boston," or wherever an event had occurred. He made a point to say this was meaningless to say because posting that on Instagram or social media does nothing for the families and people who are affected by the event but instead it's just attention-seeking. This part of the clip was the most humorous to me because I've experienced it. For example, when a sad event occurs like the bombing Boston marathon, everyone posted the same thing on their story and seeing the same post over and over again became annoying because these posts do nothing to help the people affected. I also agree that Anothony uses the superiority theory in this clip. His facial expressions and the way he words his jokes makes the audience feel inferior in the situation. Overall Anthony comes off as humorous to use because his jokes can be applied to numerous theories of humor we have discussed in class.