Friday, November 10, 2006

Now we have perfect face for comedy

Scientist from Britain revealed - perfect face for comedy.
Scientists have blended the features of 20 top comics to come up with the perfect face for comedy.
They concluded a round face, small forehead and wide nose, with soft feminine features, is most likely to make us laugh.

Stirling University



And the researchers, from Stirling University, reckon Ricky Gervais has the closest fit.

Gervais said he was "shocked" by the results of the survey.

Ricky Gervais


"All these years I assumed my global success as a comedian was down to my acute observations, expert directorial rendering and consummate skills as a performer - turns out it's because I've got a fat girly face."

Findings emerged from tests carried out by Dr Anthony Little, a researcher in psychology.
Academic ran 179 different pictures of Britain's top 20 comedians, all taken from different angles, through a computer.

They included Peter Kay, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, Steve Coogan, Jasper Carrott, Roy Chubby Brown, Jo Brand and Dawn French.

Perfect face for comedy


Dr Little - "The characteristics of a feminine face imply that the person may be agreeable and co-operative, which can be causal in our first impressions of comedians as being friendly and funny.

"In the same way that infants are pre-programmed to respond to the warmth and approachability of a mother's face, soft, feminine features put us at ease and encourage us to relax."

Here are some of the comedians they included in this:

Peter Kay


Steve Coogan


Jasper Carrott


Eddie Izzard


Billy Connolly


Jack Dee


Dawn French


Roy Chubby Brown

1 Comments:

At 10 November, 2006 15:04 , Blogger Miss Cellania said...

It stands to reason that if you morph male and female faces together, and there are more males than females, that you will end up with a girly male face. Comedy would have nothing to do with that. But the composite they came up with IS open and friendly and easy to laugh with!

 

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