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It was mentioned as an example of a book whose humor might be difficult to analyze, and the comparison was made to dissecting a frog, where the subject of the analysis would die.
E.B. White once said, analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Not a lot of people are interested and the frog dies.
— Episode: A Conversation with Dan Aykroyd (Part 1)
Episode: A Conversation with Dan Aykroyd (Part 1)
It was mentioned as an example of a book whose humor might be difficult to analyze, and the comparison was made to dissecting a frog, where the subject of the analysis would die.
E.B. White once said, analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Not a lot of people are interested and the frog dies.