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But Goodall herself, like many scientists, was a “Far Side” fan and responded with good humor: “Wow! Fantastic! Real fame at last! Fancy being in a Gary Larson cartoon!”

Inflammatory rhetoric, and even the incitement and praise of violence, is simply laughed off under the auspices of humor and pushed aside by a brief or private apology.

Winning them over with humor helped him with “honing my bravery on stage.”

In the hours leading up to Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” newscasters pumped up the historic significance of that night’s monologue, a moment he met with heart and great humor.

If we can make people forget their differences with a bit of humor, that’s a home run in my book.