In stand-up comedy[edit]

Alternative comedy, among its other aspects, parodies the traditional idea of the joke as a form of humor.[5] Anti-humor jokes are also often associated with deliberately bad stand-up comedians. Stand-up comedian Andy Kaufman had his own unique brand of anti-humor, quasi-surrealist acts coupled with performance art; one of his best-known manifestations of this was his act as the fictional persona of Tony Clifton, an untalented lounge lizard entertainer.[6] Norm Macdonald was another comedian sometimes associated with performing anti-humor, although he objected to the characterization.[7][8]

 – Art rejecting prior definitions of art

Anti-art

 – Avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century

Dada

 – Type of short joke

Dad joke

 – Humor that alludes to itself

Meta-joke

 – Form of nonsense literature

Nonsense verse

 – Form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning

Surreal humour

 – Offensive joke about a performance act

The Aristocrats

 – Story, dialogue, question, or statement used in Zen practice

Koan

 – Joke phrase

No soap radio

 – Conversational literary device

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