David Misch, author of Funny: The Book, chats with Jessica about ALL THINGS COMEDY in this episode! His new book outlines the history, science and philosophy of comedy and we got into a lot of that pretttttty wonderfully during this conversation. It’s a good one if you’re a comedy nerd! (And even if you’re not.) Give it a listen here or go download it from iTunes! If you’re interested in hearing more from me about Funny: The Book, go check out my review on Nerdist.
[...] In our conversation, Misch said something that I absolutely loved about his work: “…one of the theses of this book is that joy is not a second string emotion. Just because you laugh and have fun, it doesn’t mean it’s not important — it’s probably THE most important thing. What are we alive for if not but to have joy?” (You can hear the full interview here.) [...]