A Few Laughs Short of a Funny: Why Don't My Kids Like My Jokes?

Update: 2018-12-06

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Joshua David Stein speaks to USC comedy professor, film director, and master of funny Barnet Kellman about what makes kids laugh and how to get those giggles without undermining paternal authority or scaring anyone. Looking for other means of entertaining his kids, Joshua then calls Allan Kronzek, author of "Grandpa Magic," and almost destroys his septum trying to make a straw disappear into his nose.

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