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cited in turn."

In this case, the mentioning of Astroglide also comes under the "relief" theory of humor, as obviously, the panning cameras on the DVD production shows women putting both hands to their mouths in the body language of embarrassment.

Conclusion: To the comedian, the "agreeable" and the "good" is an audience howling with laughter, no matter whether the humor is in good or bad taste. And, along those same lines, in the words of Immanuel Kant, "Both the agreeable and the good involve a reference to the faculty of desire, and are thus attended, the former with a delight pathologically conditioned (by stimuli), the latter with a pure practical delight."

And as to Foxworthy and Engvall using material that certainly would be considered in bad taste in some social environments, Kant writes, "...The judgement of taste is not a cognitive judgement...and hence, also, is not grounded on concepts, nor yet intentionally directed to them." The judgement of taste on the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" is that which produces laughs, not that which necessarily matches up with the values expounded by syndicated radio host "Dr. Laura" or "Miss Manners" in the newspapers.

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