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Bill
Cosby Empirically Proven Not Funny
LOS
ANGELES- After over 20 years of furious debate, it has been proven, without
question, that popular 'comedian' Bill Cosby is not inherently funny.
Tests were done using the Jocularex 3400, developed by humor researchers
at Def Comedy Jam & Co. The machine views hours and hours of
videotape of performers, then grades them, taking into consideration originality,
technique, versatility, and most importantly, hilarity.
Bill Cosby, who played a black man on the Bill Cosby Show, scored 57.4.
In order to be considered funny, one must score at least 80, 22.6 points
more than Cosby.
Cosby was far from the least funny persons tested. David Arquette
and Carrot Top scored 13.2 and 14.8, respectively, narrowly beaten by Mother
Teresa's corpse, which scored 16.1.
Some of the highest scores went to Jerry Seinfeld (113.6) and Don Rickles
(111.2). The Tonight Show host Jay Leno came close to scoring 80,
with 78.9, but lost a lot of points on originality.
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