The Oldest Joke: Is Humor Timeless?

It's right behind me, isn't it?

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:19 Origins
7:59 The Anatomy of a Joke
11:01 Timeless Jokes
17:51 Old Jokes That Got Old
27:55 How to make a joke last centuries

Thumbnail and art by @sanstitre2000
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Endless Thread Article about the Sumerian Dog Joke:
https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/20...

Special Thanks to:
@sanstitre2000
Miles Greb (the voice of Xanthias)
Seth Richardson PhD
Paul McDonald
Jordan Pickett, PhD

Citations:
Gordon, E. I. (1958). Sumerian animal proverbs and fables: “collection five” (conclusion). Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 12(2), 43–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359157
Richardson, Seth. (2022) Polishing some Sumerian Jewels.
Russell, D. (2022, August 5). What makes the world’s first bar joke funny? no one knows. Endless Thread. https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/20...
Sidebottom, H. (2023). The mad emperor: Heliogabalus and the decadence of Rome. Oneworld.
Streck, M. P., & Wasserman, N. (2011). Dialogues and riddles: Three old babylonian wisdom texts. Iraq, 73, 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1017/s002108890000...
Townsend, C. (2019). Fifth sun: A New History of the Aztecs. Oxford University Press.