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Quote: Seefacts @ August 29, 2007, 11:08 AM

I quite enjoyed that. Especially the medals joke near the end.

Accept my apologies, that wasn't the animal whimsy the original reference suggested.

Does anyone else agree with me on the whimsy though?

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Yes - it worked in Dan's sketch because it was funny whatever the animal used, but a lot of time people just use 'badger' as the whole joke because 'it's a funny animal'. Like 'monkey'. But sometimes a funny animal is good and I now use 'walrus' (which is the new badger).

Having said that, here's a poem I wrote for you seefacts:

Badgers in the Night

They roam through the darkness
Blind, but for what they saw.
“Don’t badger me!” shouted
the farmer, wielding his mighty gun.
A ruffle of feet and
Pause.
A steadying of fur
What night drums near?

A permissive silence.
Surviving?
Like badgers on the Moon.
The farmer ate well that night.

I think your medication is wearing off, Simon!

Some words are better than others. For example,

1. 'Tuesday' and 'Thursday' are funnier days of the week than any other (watch a sitcom and see the uptake of these days over others).

2. 'Morris Minor' or 'Capri' are funnier than 'Vauxhall Astra or 'Audi TT' (add your own here)

3. Thanks to the hitch hikers guide to the universe '37' and of course '42' will be funniers number than '36', '38' or '41' or '43'.

The same with cheeses! Cows cheese is bad, monkey cheese is good!

Quote: Batman @ August 29, 2007, 11:47 AM

1. 'Tuesday' and 'Thursday' are funnier days of the week than any other

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Quote: Batman @ August 29, 2007, 11:47 AM

monkey cheese is good!

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Sigh.

I reckon there is an outlet for any type of comedy out there.
If one person likes it, then some others will. Really it depends on how many others do.

I like words that are put together I dont find them funny but they make me smile
I have a few.

Humungatarian
Fantabulous
Phwoargeous

Theres more, but I am bored now.

Anyhoo I quite like the term "Badger flavoured Icecream".

I agree, but I also agree that some things are over used in comedy and become 'clams'. Badger and monkey are like that.

http://artfulwriter.com/archives/2007/05/silence_of_the.html

I keep on me at all times the book of random thoughts which I write random musings in. A lot of my stuff is surreal and I find real life offers the most surreal pieces off all.

For example, during my usual weekend desent once on a car boots sale for odd little kitsch pieces and craft items, a woman stood on the top of her car bellowing fire and brimstone at the other early morning raiders, declaring this event against God (it was a sunday). Everyone ignored her hoping the crazy lady would soon go away or be dragged off by men in white coats. Everyone except a small Jack Russel who I can only assume was of some other religion who took it upon itself to shut her up. From behind her, it scrambled onto the car and starting yelping. The woman, startled, lost her balance, slide down the front of the car and flew into the arms of a Sikh.

Even God has a sense of humour.

Quote: ContainsNuts @ August 29, 2007, 10:20 AM

I'm not sure that means the dog comes up with the actual sketches, but if it does - sorted!

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He does the ruff draft.

Quote: dannyjb1 @ August 29, 2007, 3:38 PM

He does the ruff draft.

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If your dog wrote that I think you should fire him

Has anyone read "Writing Television Sitcoms" by Evan S. Smith? An excellent insight into the US model of building humour through the story premise Published by The Berkley Publishing Group (New York) 1999.

It starts with a history of comedy and you will see that we have been re-hashing comedy since Aristotle!!! So there are basically, at the end of the day, to cut a long story short, more 'clams' than i've had hot dinners (to use but a few other 'clams').

What is most important, is that you make the 'clam' fresh. Otherwise you may get food poisoning!

Quote: Batman @ August 29, 2007, 3:51 PM

What is most important, is that you make the 'clam' fresh.

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You should call clams direct... I really must find that exit

Quote: Frankie Rage @ August 29, 2007, 11:12 AM

I'm not going to start reading sketches before doing them down, I just don't have the time...

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Well done on satirising me, very good.

I dismissed the idea that 'badger flavoured ice cream 'was a funny idea - but the sketch could be about anything. The humour comes from the other little ideas in it.

There's a very interesting discussion on the I'm Alan Partridge commentaries about words, numbers or places which are funny. They three writers argued that older comedies (I think Marks and Gran's names came up) would use places names like Dunstable or Aberyswyth (spelt totally wrong there) as they sounded funny, but Coogan said he thought short, sharp names worked better - like Leeds.

Funny numbers too - Coogan said numbers like 37 or 71, which are random and odd, were no longer funny, and rounder numbers worked best (Hence 'Lynn, 50')

Morris Minor and Capris are no longer funny too I think, too over-used. Cheese is NEVER funny. Never use cheese as comedy word, I beg of you all.

Thanks to Simon for the 'clams' link. All very American I thought - it was like reading a script from Jesse. It's interesting to spot the ones that have been turned on their heads - ie ' . . . He's standing behind me isn't he?' which, on Futurama had the woman replying 'No, I'm in front of you!' reveal he stood right up to Bender's face.

Or 'You do the math', with someone adding an 's' sound. IAP2 it first with the Dan episodes, but it got cut - Peep Show did it and I think it also got cut (though I might be wrong)

The only one I might disagree with is the 'Factory' one - I think both times I've seen that was on The Simpsons.