Dave Barry on Humor, Writing, and Life as a Florida Man

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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How Do Professional Composers Compete With Them?

01:52 • 3min

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Is the Half Life of a Joke Much Shorter?

04:37 • 2min

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Humour Is a Subversive Medium

06:30 • 2min

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Is There a New Direction of Humour?

08:36 • 2min

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Humor in the English Language

11:01 • 2min

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I've Never Found Slapstick Funny, but I Found It Funny

12:42 • 2min

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Can There Be a Don Rickles to Day?

14:45 • 2min

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How Funny Is Eddie Murphy?

16:20 • 2min

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What I Loved About Robert Benchley

18:02 • 2min

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How Funny Are Jokes in Books?

20:04 • 2min

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What Makes Things Funny?

22:14 • 2min

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Why Are So Many Jewish Comedians?

24:10 • 2min

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Can't They Be Funny About Something Other?

26:02 • 2min

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The Templet of Humour

27:40 • 4min

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The Most Consistent Mistake in Business Writing?

31:35 • 2min

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Is Humor a Public Good?

33:54 • 3min

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Laughter and Humour

36:43 • 3min

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Weird, Isn't It?

39:48 • 2min

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What's So Special About Florida?

41:21 • 2min

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Is Mimi the Capital of Latin America?

43:18 • 2min

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Is There a Central Figure Who Represents Florida Insina?

44:53 • 2min

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What's the Most Remarkable Thing About You?

47:05 • 2min

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Rock Bottom Restraints - The Most Fun Thing I Have Done as a Grown Up

49:31 • 2min

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Peter and the Starcatcher by Ridley Pearson

51:47 • 2min

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A Little Boy Who Never Grows Old and Can Fly

53:37 • 2min

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Are You Tempted to Be Funny in a Novel?

55:20 • 3min