Yes. I recommend Steven Wright. We're using him in
our study, as well as Mitch Hedberg, who has a similar
one-liner thing going on.

BTW, Steven Wright came to Ann Arbor a couple days ago
and I saw him perform (for research purposes, of
course). He was awesome.

Nina

--- Gil <alonzo_gil@...> wrote:

> Hi Jesse, you can use one liners from stand up
> comedy, for example
> steven wright's jokes. they are considered classic
> and you can have
> few people rate them prior to the study to find
> which are the
> funniest ones.
>
> Gil
>
> --- In Humorology@yahoogroups.com, "Jesse Graham"
> <jgraham@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Humorologists,
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone has (or knows where to
> find) a set of short
> sayings
> > -- jokes, one-liners, aphorisms, anything -- that
> have been rated
> for
> > funniness. I'm working on an affect-as-information
> study on
> amusement and
> > profundity, and we were going to use similes
> ("Marriage is like a
> > straightjacket," "God is like a wet bar of soap,"
> etc.) but none of
> them are
> > really funny. Thanks!
> >
> > Jesse
> >
>
>
>