As the most humorous episode of the series it was deliberately scheduled alongside a series of darker episodes to provide a contrast.

However, as the deadline for the script grew closer, he relented and decided to write a more humorous episode.

The humorous episodes are more direct.

"Merely a humorous episode occurring in the future," Knot said.

Carter later explained that humorous episodes were important to the show, especially during the "pitch-black" ninth season.

A humorous episode results from a misunderstanding at a New York booking.

In a humorous episode of the novel, he is caught smoking one in the toilet, which caused the smoke alarm to go off.

"They had four story lines per episode: One humorous, one personal, one medical and one I can't remember."

It's hard think of humorous episodes in the courtroom, because any real humor comes from the context, and so is not easy to translate.

Some stories resemble the narratives from magical texts, while others are more clearly meant as entertainment and even contain humorous episodes.