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(Ethan) History: Comedy has alway been around and it will never go away. Society will always find things comical and make jokes out of everything. This is how it has been for a very long time. In the article “How We Got Here” it states “When two life forms began cohabiting together, the genesis of comedy was born”(How We Got Here). In this article it also states that “If you are sitting by yourself, events or personal experiences are rarely funny because they lack context and comparison.. You need an audience to react to your behaviors and they need you to challenge their personal comfort zones. Sitting in a cave, eating raw Mammoth meat and farting up a storm isn't funny. Sitting in a cave, eating raw Mammoth meat with a buddy and farting is funny”(How We Got Here). This is saying that nothing is really funny when someone is by themselves they need to be around people and interact with others for things to be comical. In the Article “Origin of Comedy” it states that “The evolution of comedy is much simpler than that of its sister art, though as to its origin and earlier development there is little exact information” (Origin of Comedy). It says that there is very little information on how comedy came about and how it developed.

Sources: "The History of Comedy." The History of Comedy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2014. "Origin of Comedy." Origin of Comedy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.