Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes By Daniel Klein , Thomas Cathcart

Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR’s Weekend Edition.

Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything).