The Humor Code

(This post was previously published at Wired.com). However you slice and dice the presidential candidates’ performances at the three debates, there’s little question that Barack Obama won on the comedy front. Before the second debate was even over, an internet meme had sprung up around challenger Mitt Romney’s clumsy claim that he’d sought out “binders [...]

It’s 7 am, we’re struggling with jet lag from flying into LAX the night before, and we’re in the wilds of Burbank, California, about to audition for the world’s only team of professional laughers. We’ve come to Los Angeles to explore the comedy culture that stretches from the film sets to the TV studios to [...]