Is there really any science to making comedy?

Question

I’ve heard some say there is a “science” to making jokes and comedy. Is that true?

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There’s a structure to jokes that starts w a narrative and ends with a punchline. The punchline is usually surprising/unexpected, and that’s what makes most jokes funny. Anti jokes are purposefully not funny, which makes them funny because you were expecting g something funny but got a dud…which is unexpected and therefore often funny.