没有不能开的玩笑:《纽约客》漫画家谈幽默
<p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="Mankoff">Mankoff</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="stepping">stepping</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cartoon">cartoon</span> <span word="editor">editor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Yorker">Yorker</span> <span word="after">after</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="obvious">obvious</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="necessarily">necessarily</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Yorker">Yorker</span>-<span word="worthy">worthy</span>, <span word="jokes">jokes</span>.</p><p>在《纽约客》担任漫画编辑达20年的鲍勃·曼科夫(<span word="Bob">Bob</span> <span word="Mankoff">Mankoff</span>)于上周宣布离职，一些人就此开了几个浅显的玩笑，虽然不见得够得上《纽约客》的水准。</p><p>“<span word="Huge">Huge</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="refrigerators">refrigerators</span> <span word="everywhere">everywhere</span>,” <span word="one">one</span> <span word="blogger">blogger</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span>. <span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="fans">fans</span> <span word="hailed">hailed</span> <span word="a">a</span> “<span word="last">last</span> <span word="laugh">laugh</span>.”</p><p>一个博客上写道：“这对所有冰箱来说都是大资讯”。还有一些粉丝欢呼“笑到了最后”。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Mankoff">Mankoff</span>, 72, <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="leaving">leaving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>, <span word="he">he</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="retiring">retiring</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="teaching">teaching</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="humor">humor</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="communication">communication</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Fordham">Fordham</span> <span word="University">University</span>. <span word="He">He</span>’<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="consult">consult</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cartoon">Cartoon</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="licensing">licensing</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="founded">founded</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1992. <span word="He">He</span>’<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Botnik">Botnik</span> <span word="Studios">Studios</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="he">he</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="creating">creating</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="comedy">comedy</span> <span word="writer">writer</span> <span word="Jamie">Jamie</span> <span word="Brew">Brew</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="explores">explores</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="artificial">artificial</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="augment">augment</span> <span word="creativity">creativity</span>. (<span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Mankoff">Mankoff</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="experimental">experimental</span> <span word="psychology">psychology</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="collaborated">collaborated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span> <span word="researcher">researcher</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="algorithm">algorithm</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="sort">sort</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flood">flood</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="entries">entries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="magazine">magazine</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="weekly">weekly</span> <span word="cartoon">cartoon</span> <span word="caption">caption</span> <span word="contest">contest</span>.)</p><p>但是，就算离开这家杂志，72岁的曼科夫也不会退休。他将在福特汉姆大学(<span word="Fordham">Fordham</span> <span word="University">University</span>)教授一门关于幽默和沟通的课程；并继续为他于1992年成立的授权平台“卡通银行”(<span word="Cartoon">Cartoon</span> <span word="Bank">Bank</span>)提供咨询；他还将为波特尼克工作室(<span word="Botnik">Botnik</span> <span word="Studios">Studios</span>)工作，那是他与喜剧作家杰米·布鲁(<span word="Jamie">Jamie</span> <span word="Brew">Brew</span>)一起创建的公司，旨在探索使用人工智能来增进创造力（曼科夫曾是实验心理学研究生，与微软一位研究员合作开发过一个算法，对《纽约客》每周报名参加卡通图注大赛的海量参赛作品进行分类）。</p>
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