I’ve been doing theater all my life, and now I’m singing, so many people said, ‘You’ve caught a strong late wind,’” he joked.

Clachko hopes these sources—even the house tour—offer up clues about how Twain wielded humor. Twain himself didn’t reveal ...

Along with — and probably because of — an increasingly world-weary world, comedy, and the way that we consume it, has matured. I’m loath to use the word seriously, but comedy has reached a level of ...