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 ...

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.

Funny Hospital Room Prank with Cartoon Characters. Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025. ... This Study Thinks So. 4 Social Security Rule Changes Taking Effect in April 2025.

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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...