No matter how outlandish comic stories become, they must nonetheless be ‘believable’. Given that a comic story could include, for example, an elephant juggler marrying his uncle to save the planet from a Tic-Tac invasion, the issue of believability may seem irrelevant. But the believability of any sitcom is based upon two criteria: Once a…
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Gag Types: The Inescapable Conclusion
What do the following pieces of comic dialogue have in common? 1. ALLAN: What are you doing Saturday night? MUSEUM GIRL: Committing suicide. ALLAN: What about Friday night? (‘Play It Again, Sam‘) 2. KIM: I’m not a size 16, Mum. I’m a size 10. KATH: Country Road’s size 10. (‘Kath & Kim‘) 3. LUCILLE:…