I fully agree with your first point, but I do actually see some merit to the connection between adult comedy and peekaboo. Not only do both make the audience laugh, but they do so because of something unexpected and novel to the audience. Often a silly performance can be hilarious (see comedians like Robin Williams or Jim Carrey) in a similar way to funny faces and sounds to babies.
I fully agree with your first point, but I do actually see some merit to the connection between adult comedy and peekaboo. Not only do both make the audience laugh, but they do so because of something unexpected and novel to the audience. Often a silly performance can be hilarious (see comedians like Robin Williams or Jim Carrey) in a similar way to funny faces and sounds to babies.
Shit. Peekaboo would probably be funny today if we hadn’t already seen that joke a thousand times.
Maybe, but I think the lack of object permanence also greatly contributes to why the punchline is so unexpected and funny.