Good morning boys. As you are obviously aware, we have just begun to read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it has got me thinking... As I read this book to you every day I am acutely aware of different responses to the book's humour. I hear (and see) deep belly chuckles, smiles, and 'lightbulb moments', but I also see some blank faces, some boys more interested in (undercover) reading of their own, or just neutral expressions (which may or may not reveal anything at all). What is humour? Why do I not find Father Ted or Mrs Brown's Boys even remotely funny but laugh deeply at that old 70s episode of Fawlty Towers or Singer/Songwriter, Ryan Adams' 'fake encore' song? What influences our comedy tastes? What does laughter to the brain? How important is it to your life? What is the funniest thing you have ever seen/heard/experienced? Do you find HGTTG funny? How is the 'Babel fish' funny?In what way? Is 1970s humour different from 2015 humour? Different from 1920s humour?
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