Comedy equals tragedy plus time

When it's OK to joke about 9/11, plus Pete Davidson, a date to be determined, and 7 other things worth your time.

My question today is when it’s OK to laugh.

On 9/11, 343 FDNY firefighters died, and one of them was Scott Davidson, 33, who had been with the department since 1994.

He and the others from Ladder 118 were last seen running up the stairway in the Marriott World Trade Center Hotel, which was right next to the towers.

Davidson had been born in Brooklyn, grew up on Staten Island, and had a reputation for being kind of a firehouse comedian. Someone later recalled the time they had an inspection from a really intimidating, humorless chief.

Davidson couldn’t help but make a joke. He put his arm around the boss, and said: “Chief, I don’t know why nobody likes you — you seem OK to me.”