Laughter also has social value: it promotes unity, gets at truths, allows us to broach tough subjects. Research has even shown that people who make us laugh are more influential and easier to forgive.

Marta Kauffman, best known for creating the iconic, Emmy Award-winning sitcom “Friends” and the popular “Grace and Frankie,” will offer a keynote talk and converse with writers during “Get Your Funny ...

How am I qualified to advise anyone on how to write funny? Well, I’ve published three collections of humorous essays and another three compilations of whimsical light verse, so I feel I can speak with ...

Excerpts from Frankie Muniz’s Autobiography That Make Me Think It Was […] I remember the day my mom got the call that I landed the part of Malcom in Malcom in the Middle. She was grinning from ear to ...

Novelist, television writer and producer Larry Doyle talks about his new book, “Deliriously Happy and Other Bad Thoughts,” at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday. GRACE DONNELLY/DFP STAFF Former “The ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...

The Year’s Best Humor WritingSave the occasional illustration, picture, or creative departure from form, print and web humorists are charged with making us laugh without […] ...