“Wakka WakkaJerkwads!”

Why do we laugh?

Superiority Surprise

“You used to laugh at my jokes. Now it’s just all about the sex.”

Target Hostility Realism Exaggeration Emotion Surprise

I have no purpose in this slide. Angst.

Target…………Hoodlums Hostility………Frustration at crime Realism……….This could happen Exaggeration..3 hoodlums, 3 actions

Emotion……….Feel bad for the old man

Surprise………..Last two words

Money Problems Celebrities Products

Yourself Places Ideas

Aka The Ol’ Switcheroo!

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to airbrush

it on a t-shirt." - Voltaire

“Bart, a woman is like a beer.

They look good, they smell good,

and you’d step over your own mother just to get one!”

“Bart, a woman is like a beer.

They look good, they smell good,

and you’d step over your own mother just to get one!”

Set Up

Anticipation

Payoff

Like: Like an agitated, parched cat, Ryan stalked the closed doors of Prime Bar.

As: Ali caressed the American Apparel hoodie with love, as though it were an Apple device.

Than: Lindsey is more lovely than a month with three paychecks.

Try One: “Alex is as…

No, this is not a simile. Jesus people.

“I’m against picketing, but I don’t know if I should

protest it with a sign or whatever.” (17 words)

vs.“I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.”

(11 words)-Mitch Hedberg

Funny:

Twinkie Turkey Frankfurter Schmuck Chicken Kentucky

Not Funny:

Doughnut Pot Roast Sausage Idiot Rooster Maryland*

*Only funny LOOKIN’! Aw snap

“Please, just take him. Take him before I’m hungry again.”

What are you mad as hell about?