Benign Violation Theory and other theories of humor

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Out of all the theories, I find the "Benign Violation Theory" to be most promising.
Lets see if somebody got some counter examples?
Also, what's the Industry Standard Theory, if there is any such thing. ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theories_of_humor
 
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