Irony In The Post-9/11 Age: Comedy And Tragedy As 'Very Strange Roommates'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/09/03/140150115/irony-in-the-post-9-11-age-comedy-and-tragedy-as-very-strange-roommates

Humor analysis in a Post 9/11

Comedy Since 9/11: Comics Reflect On What It Took To Get New York Laughing Again

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/sep/05/comedy-911-comics-reflect-what-it-took-get-new-york-laugh-again/

Hot Chicks...

The below series of websites encompasses the wild west nature of internet humor.  The first is a series entitled "Hot Chicks".  At first glance it is appears as an over the top satire on the Hot Chicks with Douche Bags site which paved the way for hot chick picture taking juxtaposed with atrocities.  These sites are like bar hypothetical ideas derived from a night of drinking with your best friend come to life.  I know that when I look at these websites I am reminded of thousands of conversation on the very same topics with my great friend Mike Risicia.  Aside from the personal investment and connection to the humor of these sites, I believe these sites are an important footprint of contemporary humor.  Not only is there a lot of meta-humor laid out in the collection of these sites, but the satire also speaks to the current climate of where society is, using the internet as it's frame serves as a reinforcement.  I shouldn't ramble on.  Here are the sites:

http://hotchickssmilingatgroundzero.com/

http://hotchickswithhotdogsintheirmouths.com/

http://hotchickspickingupdogshit.com/


http://hotchicksplungingtheirtoilets.com/


http://hotchickswithdogswithboners.com/


http://hotchickswithdogswithboners.com/


http://hotchicksblowingtheirassesdry.com/


http://hotchickswithsanddicks.com/

Other great sites I enjoy as Humor As Art are:

http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/


http://poopinaroundtown.blogspot.com/

How to Pronounce Things by Michael Gibbons

Guy Ben-Ner's Moby Dick

The breath of fresh air Humor As Art as been hoping for. Guy Ben-Ner continues a long standing tradition of humor in art through personal examination. Moby Dick is a low-fi, creative remake of the literary masterpiece - shot in Ben-Ner's house and starring himself and his children in the leading roles. Using clever set design, as well as stop motion editing Ben-Ner creates a compelling piece of video art.

This kind of video art rolls back to the essence of the medium. In the day of "high definition" 24p filmic quality digital movie making, Moby Dick (and other pieces by Guy Ben-Ner) are amongst the visionary pioneer humorous video artists Wegman, Rosler, and Kuchar; this is the reason HUMOR as ART (this website) exists.

This videos exemplifies several properties in the humor spectrum: incongruity theory, disposition theory, frame shift theory, as well as relevance theory.

http://www.cca.org.il/guy-ben-ner/