A caption-less cartoon by one of the authors of “Funny Stuff,” Phil Witte. – Courtesy Image. While their book does discuss captions, types of humor, idea generation, and — watch out!

Cartoons may be the reason your kids can’t sleep. A year-long study in the journal Pediatrics found kids ages three to five can be scared by Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner. Mike Eichenberg with ...

— Cartoon Study (@CartoonStudy) February 16, 2023. Sadly, most of these deleted scenes are lost to time. I’ve always wondered about this jarring cut in Frank Tashlin’s Hare Remover (1946).

PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) - Mike Pintek talks to Lisa Willig, Norwin School District's Repsonce to Intruction and Intervention Coordinator. They discuss a new study that tested 60 4-year ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KATU) — A recent study suggested that cartoons targeted at girls feature sweets like cupcakes and ice cream eight times more frequently than those aimed at boys. Researchers Eric ...

For their study, the researchers compiled 14 years' worth of New Yorker caption ... This study revealed a significant gap between AI- and human-level "understanding" of why a cartoon is funny.

CHICAGO — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems ...

SpongeBob study: A study published Monday found that 4-year-olds performed worse on tests requiring focus and self-control after watching just nine minutes of 'SpongeBob SquarePants.' ...

Humor is both a creative and a cognitive process, says Bob Mankoff, who has contributed cartoons to The New Yorker since 1977. His memoir is called How About Never — Is Never Good For You?

Cartoons Aimed at Kids Contain Too Much Sex, Drugs and Profanity, PTC Study Says "Family Guy," "American Dad," Cartoon Network, Adult Swim -- and, surprisingly, even Disney Channel's "Phineas and ...

The fact that I struggled to come up with a joke to open this article is somewhat disconcerting, given the multiple studies that link being funny to above-average intelligence. In one 2011 study ...