Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?

 

Anti-humor is comedy that refuses to follow the chicken. It sets up the structure of a joke, then gives you something flat, literal, missing, or absurd. The laugh comes from the betrayal of the joke form itself. 

Example: 

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" 

"To get to the other side." 

That's the old version, Now UPGRADE it. 

"Why did the chicken cross the road? 

"Due to zoning pressure, poor urban planning, and a private sense that staying on this side had become spiritually untenable." 

Or: 

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" 

"It didn't. The chicken remains where it is, starting into the middle distance, processing the intermediate value theorem." 

Anti-humor works because the punchline refuses to step food on the asphalt. It shows up late, hung over, wearing sweatpants, holding a clipboard, and saying, "I thought this was a webinar."