Abstract
In order to investigate the role of joke predictability in humor appreciation, Ss were asked to provide punch lines for in-concert routines performed by Bill Cosby and Phyllis Diller. Predictability scores derived from each of these routines were then related to a number of measures of audience laughter—frequency, duration, latency, etc. —produced in response to these routines. In general, results showed no difference in predictability of punch lines and nonpunch lines and strong positive correlations between predictability and the various indices of audience responsivity. These results were discussed in terms of a predictable unpredictability theory of humor.
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