Frye- Season

"The humor in comedy is usually someone with a good deal of social prestige and power, who is able to force much of the play's society into line with his obsession. Thus the humor is intimately connected with the theme of the absurd or irrational law that the action of the comedy moves toward breaking." Frye, pg. 169

yeah here it is the absurd is god in all things humorous, irrationality rules the world...

anyway this pretty much explained everything for me. not to mention that humor brings a freshness not unlike spring itself to people. personally i just love spring rains and humor is my god.

one would think human beings with common sense would be able to avoid irrational or absurd thins or situations and yet we continually falter by screwing up. irrationality is part of being human it's just up to those who have a bit less of it to help clean up the messes made and sometimes undo them. that's comedy. especially it those few have their own bursts of absurdity.

"to err is human" i've heard, and that's just human, mortal comedy.