Contemporary Humor
Contemporary humor is humor that focuses on relevant issues of the day. A comedian from any era can be a contemporary comedian. The test is what forms the basis of their act. The practice of contemporary humor can be said to have started with Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce. Before that, in the time up to the late 1950’s comedy was the type that … Keep Reading → was delivered by people such as Jack Benny, Milton Berle and Bob Hope. It was funny, but it had nothing to do with the serious issues that people were thinking about in the real world. This type of comedy is designed more to make people forget about their problems and just laugh. Contemporary humor often makes people consider issues that are not at all funny in the real world. An example of this would be George Carlin who consistently talked of wars that the United States participated in. The subject matter was not funny. It was Carlin’s unique take on the subject that was the source of the humor.
