Peacocks

humor

Parody: Using common forms of media to make fun of a topic.

Weird Al's parody "A Complicated Song" Makes fun of teenage problems by replacing the lyrics of Avril Lavigne's "Complicated" with lyrics he wrote.

The original song complains about problems an average college age adult or teenager would have. Weird Al sings about problems ranging from constipation to decapitation, both understating and exaggerating in the same song to make fun of Lavigne's problems by alluding that her problems are as pointless as constipation.

Generalization: Using stereotypes and general statements that make fun of a certain group of people.

This scene from "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" displays camels racing in the Sahara and introduces A-sneeze and Achoo (characters).

The camels are stereotypical as one of the first things you most likely think of when you think of Africa are camels walking across dunes at sunset.

The names that are given to the characters play off of the fact that many Americans are naive about the world and "Achoo" and "A-sneeze" sound enough like African names to make sense, but still obvious enough that they are not so that we know its a joke.

Incongruity: Juxtaposing out of place items or events in an otherwise serious looking area.

In "Spaceballs" Lone Star and his friends are in the middle of a monastery talking about a mystical force when [|this] happens.

Placing a store that sells movie merchandise in the middle of a monastery is only made funnier by the fact that it sells merchandise from the movie.

Understatement: pretend a serious situation is whimsical

In this scene from "Robin Hood Men In Tights" they are presented the opportunity to get circumcisions and when the rabbi describes how its done, he uses language that without understating, would not be funny.

Inherently Funny Words: words that alone make people laugh

There can be wards like "fart" or "poop" that make people laugh, but a better example would be this clip from Whose Line is it Anyway where a running joke culminates in being able to make professional comedians freeze with laughter at the mention of the word.

This picture has a mocking tone towards the very famous social network known as Facebook. It refers to the specific humor technique, hyperbole, because it gives an unrealistic and exaggerated view of Facebook. The overload of notifications along with a person having the ability to know specifics on your life creates Facebook’s image to look even more incongruous than it actually is. 
 * **Hyperbole **- exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

This picture has a comical tone towards the reindeer and his bad eating habits. It refers to the specific humor technique, absurdity, because the possibility of someone have a gum be blown out of their rear end is unrealistic. This could not naturally happen to a person, much less to a creature known to drag a sleigh and fly Santa to every possible place on earth. 
 * **Absurdity **- the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable


 * **Distortion **- alternation of shape, concept, person, time

This picture has a mocking tone towards the famous symbol of McDonalds, Ronald McDonald. The typical image was crafted to get a positive interaction with kids and created publicity, but instead is changed to give off the stereotypical image of any type of McDonalds making people obese; the natural image is altered to represent McDonalds as a place for obesity. 

**Riddle**- question intentionally phrased to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer This clip has a conical tone for a riddle. The way the pirate says the riddle towards the end of the clip creates humor since he says it very rapidly and it does not make sense to many of the others. He then plays it off by stating that the others do not make sense. []

[|Valet Scene from The Hangover (Rated PG)]- The tone of this scene is. In the scene, the three friends are waiting for the valet service to fetch their 1969 Mercedes, but there is humor in the unexpectedness of the police car being thought of as their own. The absurdity of everything that Alan says during this scene is also a reversal, in that nothing is expected.
 * **Inversion/reversal**- When the unexpected takes place.

[|Old Spice Commercial]- The tone of the commercial is. The humor of the clip comes from the constant change of scenery and topic all related to deodorant. The thought of everything being related to the way ones smells comes across as comical.
 * **Deviation**- When the topic changes in the course of the same story

[|Elvis Caricature]- The picture has a mocking tone towards Elvis Presley. The tall hair and crooked smile that he is known for is mocked through the exaggeration.
 * **Caricature**- An exaggeration of a characteristic or quality

[|Captain Jack Sparrow Digital Short]- (Rated PG-13/R for language)- The tone of the scene is mockery towards pop culture. In the skit, the audience is expecting a very obscene song that would fit right in with pop culture, because of the way that Michael Bolton builds up the song, but is surprised when Michael Bolton begins singing about Captain Jack Sparrow, the pirate from the Disney movie Pirates of the Caribbean.
 * **Bathos**- When a character does something unexpected from their normal behavior or built up reputation.


 * Surprise:** An unexpected action or conclusion

The picture is from a Monty Python skit about the Spanish Inquisition. The skit utilizes the element of surprise by having the three men randomly and unexpectedly jumping into a scene then stating that they are the Spanish Inquisition then followed by them stating that "Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition!" The tone of the this skit is mocking and silly, as the three men dressed as the Spanish Inquisition are appearing in a time period that they should not be in and also are using strange and unusal torture methods that in reality aren't torture.

[] The tone of this clip is silly and mocking towards baseball. By having the name of the baseball players as common words people use it creates a comedic situation with the two men spending 5 minutes trying to figure out what they're talking about. The tone of this picture is mocking. This picture mocks the phrase "Nothing is written in stone" by having that exact phrase written in stone, therefor undermining the meaning of the idea. Many statements from newspaper articles include double entendre such as one which says "Include your children when baking cookies". This statement could mean to both, have your children help in cooking, or, because of the ambiguity it could be interpreted as to put your children in the oven with the cookies.
 * Word Play:**
 * **Pun:** The use of a word with multiple meanings in specific context
 * **Oxymoron:** Putting together two words or ideas with contrasting meanings two create a new, self-contradicting, one
 * **Double Entendre:** A statement that can have more than one meaning