Ages and the later four cardinal humor of the body were blood, phlegm, choler yellow bile and melancholy black bile. The variant mixture of this humor in
different men determined their temperaments, their physical and mental qualities. In the 16
th
century, humor means an unbalanced mental condition, a mood, or an unreasonable caprice, or fixed folly or vice. In the 18
th
century humor was first applied on the subject matter of laughter; for example comic writing, now, it
is widely used as a generic term for everything that appeals laughter.
2.2.1 Types of Humor
The type of humor varies according to their factor. There are humor which being categorized by the origin of the humor American humor. Japanese humor, Iran
humor, Indonesian Humor, etc. Humor of Nationality means the humor which occurs because of the specific culture in certain nation. Their main factors are the
similarities of language, way of life, and custom. Each of the nations also has the specific forms of humor for example: American people prefer humor forms such
as Wit, Sarcasm, and satire while countries like Indonesia prefer humor such as slapstick, Farce and Buffonary.
Humors are also being categorized because of their presentation in media. They were categorized into visual, spoken, and written humor. Visual humor
relies on the visual to provoke laughter. Paint pictures in the mind of the reader and listener. Often, written humor paints stronger visual images in the mind of
the reader than spoken humor does in the mind of the listener. The examples of visual humor are visual puns, visual gags, parody and pantomime.
Spoken humor is a humor which being presented orally. It’s usually presented in informal situation between friends. Written humor relies almost
entirely on the words and placement of those words. Spoken humor, in addition to words, adds delivery style into the mix. Because of the impact of delivery,
spoken humor has more options, more flexible and often funnier than written humor. The example of spoken humor was anecdotes.
Although the spoken humor is usually funnier, sometimes the written humor has more impact. The specific word choices able to make the written form
of humor become more powerful than the spoken form. The written humor generally have 2 types, they were humor of situation and humor of word. Benton
1968:178
1 Humor of Situation
Humor of situation is called humor of an expected happening. This kind of humor mostly shows the situation to arouse laughter. Situational humor depends on place
for its comedy. For instance, the SitCom is situational humor. Such comedies depend on where the person is, or what the person is doing to be funny. Some
classic bits of situational humor are Lucy and the candy factory or Vitametavegamin. Preposterous places for things to happen are situational humor.
To enjoy this humor, people should see the situation in order to understand the true humorous expression which is embedded in a dialogue, utterance, or author
comments.
2 Humor of Word
Humor of words can be enjoyed without consider the situation because the humor of words uses funny words to arouse laughter. The basic principle used to create
most of humor of word is by finding connections and relationships. In the movie Vegas Vacation, Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold worked the principle of
alternate word meanings to the max when his family visited Hoover Dam. The tour guide introduces himself with something like: “Welcome. I’m your dam
tour guide. Please don’t wander off the dam tour. But let me know any time you have a dam question.” Humor of words takes many forms. It can be gently and
kindly, or it can be harsh and biting.
2.2.2 Form of Humor