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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2011 13:19:07 GMT -5
There are lots of kinds of comedy out there. 9 times out of 10 you can explain the appeal. For example:
Violent humor: Their over the top suffering/aggression is funny.
Random humor: Breaking a common pattern in an unexpected way is funny.
Referential humor: Recognition of familiar things brings back good memories/makes this writer endearing.
But what about repetition? It's a timeless gag, but why do we laugh at stuff happening again and again? I do it, you do it sometimes, but why?
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 28, 2011 13:25:42 GMT -5
It depends on how silly what's being repeated is. And even then you need at least a small amount of time to pass before you can go back to it.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Dec 28, 2011 13:52:56 GMT -5
Stuff like this is funny, but the more it's replayed, the ridiculousness value increases exponentially, which raises it's humor level.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 28, 2011 14:44:09 GMT -5
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 28, 2011 14:51:24 GMT -5
Sometimes because it just gets absurd. The Sideshow Bob rake scene from The Simpsons warps all the way back around to being hilarious because it lasted so long.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 28, 2011 15:11:17 GMT -5
There are lots of kinds of comedy out there. 9 times out of 10 you can explain the appeal. For example:
Violent humor: Their over the top suffering/aggression is funny.
Random humor: Breaking a common pattern in an unexpected way is funny.
Referential humor: Recognition of familiar things brings back good memories/makes this writer endearing.
But what about repetition? It's a timeless gag, but why do we laugh at stuff happening again and again? I do it, you do it sometimes, but why?
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 28, 2011 15:35:01 GMT -5
So what is it?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2011 15:38:59 GMT -5
Case and point, the "rake scene" from The Simpsons.
Originally, it was supposed to be one rake, but since the episode was still short on time, they extended it to 9. The idea was that they wanted to make the scene funny, then drag the joke out so that it is no longer funny, and then drag it out even longer to make it funny again.
So here's Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes for 10 minutes.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 28, 2011 16:28:16 GMT -5
I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole.
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Post by Cam on Dec 28, 2011 16:40:59 GMT -5
I don't know.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 28, 2011 16:53:50 GMT -5
There are lots of kinds of comedy out there. 9 times out of 10 you can explain the appeal. For example:
Violent humor: Their over the top suffering/aggression is funny.
Random humor: Breaking a common pattern in an unexpected way is funny.
Referential humor: Recognition of familiar things brings back good memories/makes this writer endearing.
But what about repetition? It's a timeless gag, but why do we laugh at stuff happening again and again? I do it, you do it sometimes, but why?
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Post by "The Bantam" Rob Boss on Dec 28, 2011 16:55:26 GMT -5
So what is it?
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Post by jagilki on Dec 28, 2011 16:58:59 GMT -5
Why are we walking this way?
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 28, 2011 16:59:06 GMT -5
I believe this will give you all the answers you need goo.gl/Q6VuF
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 28, 2011 17:38:29 GMT -5
I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole. A *white* hole?
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 28, 2011 17:42:53 GMT -5
I've never seen one before, no one has, but I'm guessing it's a white hole. A *white* hole? Every action has an equal and opposite reaction a black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe, a white hole returns it.
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Dec 28, 2011 17:45:22 GMT -5
I want to mention Charlie Brown as a well-known example. It is funny there because the person watching him always trying to kick the football asks him/herself, "Will he EVER learn?" Another common gag is watching parents getting annoyed by kids saying ad nauseam "Are we there yet?" while in a car driving somewhere. It is just a gag people enjoy maybe because our brains are wired to look for patterns and it is satisfying when we find them.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 28, 2011 17:46:07 GMT -5
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction a black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe, a white hole returns it. So, that thing's spewing time back into the Universe?
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Post by spec on Dec 28, 2011 18:26:49 GMT -5
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction a black hole sucks time and matter out of the universe, a white hole returns it. MBG is not amused.
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Post by theryno665 on Dec 28, 2011 19:24:54 GMT -5
Serious Answer: The Rule of Threes. I don't know what it is exactly but in comedy, there's a Rule of Threes meaning that something repeated usually three times is the funniest (among other things, like having a bit with three jokes or whatever). If you're going to repeat something, doing it less than three times is OK, doing it more than three times is overkill but three is usually the magic number. Though there are exceptions, like the Sideshow Bob rake scene, which is funny, then tedious, then back to funny somehow.
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