A few suggestions:
1) The entire works of Douglas Adams, including"
the Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (especially the "answer to
life, the universe, and everything" at the end), in book, BBC radio,
or BBC TV form;
the Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency series;
and his non-fiction book on ecology (a serious work with lots of
D.Adams' quirky humour and insight), "Last Chance to See" - in it he
documents his travels with ecologist Mark Carwadine (I hope I got the
name and title correct, my apologies if I didn't) to observe and
document endangered species.
2) There is a cooking show on the Food Network here in Canada (I'm
not sure where the show is from) that is hosted by a science guy who
is interested in the chemistry aspect of food. It's lots of fun -
not sure if it qualifies as "humour" though. I don't recall the name
of the show, perhaps someone else knows? The Food Network's web site
probably lists the name.
3) Another Woody Allen reference is the film "Sleeper" - W.A.'s
character is cryogenically frozen in the 20th century and thawed some
time in the future. Many funny references to current (or at least
current in the early 70s) scientific thinking.
4) The movie "Until the End of the World" by Wim Wenders: the first
half is rather comedic, especially the projections on technological
development, though the second half takes on an ethereal new-agey
tone.
5) Charlie Chapliin's "Modern Times".
6) Mel Brooks' "2000-year-old-man" routines (I believe he did these
with Sid Cesar?).
7) Gene Wilder's "Young Frankenstein".
8) "The Young Poisoner's Handbook" (very black humour).
That's a start anyway - you may also want to check out www.imdb.com
(international movie database) for film references. It's an
excellent resource for films, actors, genres, anything and everything
film-related.
Good luck!!
Ana.
>Dear all,
>I’m currently writing a thesis on ‘Science and
>Comedy’ and need a little help. I’m particularly
>interested in finding examples where the two have been mixed –
>TV / radio / stand up / theatre – and looking at whether it
>worked, and if it didn't then looking into that.
>I'm looking for suggestions of people who have tried / been involved
>with this, and also examples of programmes or ventures that were
>brave enough to try to mix the two.
>Also, I hear a rumour that last week’s South Park was about
>stem cells. I don’t suppose anybody recorded it??
>
>Thanks
>Helen
>
>
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