Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour Jake Flores - Jokes & the Unconscious
Mar 7, 2022
Comedian Jake Flores joins Coop and Taylor to explore Freud's jokes and the unconscious. They discuss the clinical nature of analyzing comedy, the expectations of humor, the dark side of comedians, the role of repression in jokes, coping mechanisms, analyzing a demented car commercial, the relationship between humor, jokes, and laughter, anti-comedy, contradictory thoughts in the unconscious, layered jokes and references, and upcoming events and projects.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Exploring Freud's Book and Its Relation to Comedy
01:50 • 2min
The Expectations of Humor and Discussion of Comedy Writing
03:45 • 8min
Comedians and Their Dark Side
11:42 • 23min
The Role of Repressed Figures in Jokes
34:52 • 12min
Songs of the Gaocchi Hunters and Coping Mechanisms
47:15 • 3min
Analyzing a Demented Car Commercial and Postmodern Irony in Commercials
50:29 • 2min
The Relationship Between Humor, Jokes, and Laughter
52:32 • 14min
Exploring Anti-Comedy Through Examples
01:06:27 • 11min
Contradictory Thoughts in the Unconscious
01:17:22 • 7min
Layered Jokes and References
01:24:02 • 23min
Upcoming Events and Projects
01:46:55 • 4min