"They can go collect funny books if they want, " he says.

FORBES: The 2006 Collectors Guide

An award for best comedy gives Oscar's preening half the opportunity to recognize profound, well-crafted, seriously funny films that will go down as classics not just of the genre, but of the form.

NPR: Make 'Em Laugh: Why No Oscar for Best Comedy?

There is a funny American myth that you have to go to big places such as New York or California to make your fame and fortune.

FORBES: Where To Get Rich

My friends and I exchange funny stories in Gmail threads, then never go back and read them.

FORBES: Former Hulu CTO Eric Feng Debuts Living Calendar Erly.com

It is difficult enough to decode "OMG" (Oh my God) "BFF" (best friends forever) and "GTG" (got to go), let alone understand why it's funny to call something a "fail" (but not a "failure").

WSJ: Mastering the Finer Points of American Slang

Go to the beach, go out for a sail, play golf or read a funny book about happy things.

FORBES: Obama and Oh! Boehner, Propelled To Office By Opponents' Sex Scandals, Flail As Leaders

Smart, funny, fearless and brazen, he's the go-to kid in Bahman Ghobadi's "Turtles Can Fly, " a film of sometimes hallucinatory power set in Iraqi Kurdistan on the eve of the second Iraq war.

WSJ: Sinking Spirits

This movie aims for the tear ducts and the funny bone as ruthlessly as the big action-fantasy hits go after the viscera.

NEWYORKER: A League of Their Own

Or my satellite service from Sirius, which always seems to go blank at the exact moment when Howard is about to say something funny.

FORBES: Six Business Technologies That Don't Work

He was always on the lookout for the funny names they gave to hairdressers and fishmongers and so on: A Cut Above, The Plaice to Go, that sort of thing.

NEWYORKER: Friendly Fire