Comedy - it's funny, until you try and explain it

Every year, a clutch of reporters descends on the Aspen Comedy Festival, and every year, reporters feel the need to attend a panel of the most supremely funny people working in film and TV to explain why we laugh. The result is always the same: A profoundly boring and unfunny look at comedy.

Need proof? Just click here. Among the gems of wisdom?

“Stand-up comedy, meanwhile, is highly influenced by popular culture and politics.”

Wow.