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Anti-humor. Anti-humor or anti-comedy is a type of alternative humor that is based on the surprise factor of absence of an expected joke or of a punch line in a narration that is set up as a joke. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. [1] In fact, some researchers see the "shaggy dog story" as a type of anti-joke. [2]
Shaggy dog story. In its original sense, a shaggy-dog story or yarn is an extremely long-winded anecdote characterized by extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents and terminated by an anticlimax. In other words, it is a long story that is intended to be amusing and that has an intentionally silly or meaningless ending. [1]
Chickens in the road. "Why did the chicken cross the road?" is a common riddle joke with the answer being, "To get to the other side." It is commonly seen as an example of anti-humor, in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener to expect a traditional punchline, but they are instead given a simple statement of fact.
Husband: “Hi pregnant, I’m dad.”. Wife: “No, you’re not.”. My marriage counselor asked if it was true that I generally wake up grumpy in the morning. I said, “Nah, most of the time I ...
1. I don’t have a carbon footprint. I just drive everywhere. 2. The most corrupt CEOs are those of the pretzel companies. They’re always so twisted. 3. When we were kids, we used to be afraid ...
The Aristocrats. " The Aristocrats " is a taboo -defying, off-color joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians and dates back to the vaudeville era. [1] It relates the story of a family trying to get an agent to book their stage act, which is remarkably vulgar and offensive. The punch line reveals that they incongruously bill ...
Although Jost made the joke back in 2015, Che didn’t quit the show. We’re not sure why not — but we’d like to think it’s because, despite one bad salsa joke, Che still values his friend ...
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. Writers and comedians often use it as a tool for exploring ...