The Syllogisms of Seinfeld: The Connections Between Logic and
Humor  There is more logic in humor than in anything else.
Because, you see, humor is truth. — Victor Borge  At first
glance it might appear that humor and logic belong to completely
separate spheres. Humor is playful, lively, and unbounded by
procedural standards. Logic, in contrast, is serious, strict,
and completely circumscribed by rules and processes. Humor is
tied to emotion while logic is above such non-rational ephemera.
Comedians aren’t often known for their critical thinking skills
and Mr. Spock — the Vulcan embodiment of cool logic — wasn’t
known for his jokes. But in a recent article in Philosophy Now,
Julia Nefsky argues that logic has a very real and very
important role in humor:  The range of humour in which there is
logic and logical fallacy is huge. By logic and fallacy being in
humour I mean that there is some logic or fallacy there that is
necessary to what makes it funny. In other words, if you
hypothetically removed that logic