Ethnic Humor in Intercultural Interaction: An Analysis of Humor Discourse in The “Ini Talkshow” Television Program

— This paper investigates how humor is used in intercultural interactions in the entertainment segment of the television program “Ini Talkshow” Episode 884. The program “Ini Talkshow” Episode 884 is interesting to study because it presents a lot of ethnic humor from several tribes in Indonesia, such as Sundanese and Javanese and other ethnic groups outside of Indonesian ethnicity, such as ethnic Japanese in the entertainment segment. The aim of the present paper is to identify ways in which players in Program “Ini Talkshow” organize humor fragments in entertainment segments where ethnic humor arises by applying Raskin's humorous theory (1985) in an effort to understand and actualize the concept of multiculturalism and cultural acculturation that is happening today in Indonesia. The method used is descriptive qualitative. Data obtained from program “Ini Talkshow” Year 2017 episode 884 downloaded from zulu.id. The results showed that: (1) ethnic humor found in intercultural interactions in the entertainment segment Episode 884 was built on a combination of three basic theories of humor, namely incongruity theory, hostility theory, and the theory of release (2) ethnic humor that is present in this section is humor that is conveyed by involving cultural and linguistic situations that represent an ethnicity and part of the effort to actualize the concept of multiculturalism and acculturation of culture which is a central topic in the film by guests and a reality picture the daily lives of Indonesian people in the era of globalization. This paper is expected to be an input for further research, especially in the field of linguistics and social change.