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There's public humor, and there's private humor, and they're all appropriate in their own way, and you shouldn't - just as you wouldn't have a megaphone and say certain things that you would say aroun...

Robert Mankoff

There's public humor, and there's private humor, and they're all appropriate in their own way, and you shouldn't - just as you wouldn't have a megaphone and say certain things that you would say aroun...

Tags: friends, group, you

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

Robert Mankoff

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

Tags: early, something, levels

About Author
Robert Mankoff (born May 1, 1944) is an American cartoonist, editor, and author. He was the cartoon editor for The New Yorker for nearly twenty years. Before he succeeded Lee Lorenz as cartoon editor at The New Yorker, Mankoff was a New Yorker cartoonist for twenty years.

The interesting thing about humor is that in humor, you - in logic, something is A or not A. In humor, it's both A and not A.

Robert Mankoff

The interesting thing about humor is that in humor, you - in logic, something is A or not A. In humor, it's both A and not A.

Tags: interesting, logic, you

The line between humor and bad taste is your audience, in which some people will find everything offensive, and some people will find nothing offensive, but the truth is that most humor originates in...

Robert Mankoff

The line between humor and bad taste is your audience, in which some people will find everything offensive, and some people will find nothing offensive, but the truth is that most humor originates in...

Tags: truth, people, truth is

One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff...

Robert Mankoff

One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a lot of incongruity, tapping the playful part of the mind - Monty Python-type stuff...

Tags: ideas, mind, situation

I'm pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column.

Robert Mankoff

I'm pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column.

Tags: style, voice, pretty

I think funny is just the foundation. I don't really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to b...

Robert Mankoff

I think funny is just the foundation. I don't really think, to some extent, funny is the absolute most important thing. It should also communicate some idea through the medium of cartooning. Just to b...

Tags: foundation, laugh, know