Theo's FYW Blog

In Katherine's blog, she talks about how Jim Gaffigan is an amazing comedian due to his relatable nature and self-deprecating jokes. I throughly enjoyed her analysis of his style of comedy because it put into words exactly how I feel about him. She perfectly describes how he is both superior to the people that he criticizes but also self-deprecating, which creates a relatable person for the audience to enjoy listening to. She uses a certain joke as an example regarding how Jim goes to the gym and works out for a while until he realizes that he has done virtually nothing. This vague description alone is funny, and then the comedy from his delivery nails the joke. Gaffigan also has a mostly clean style of humor, which I know many people enjoy. Personally, I don't care, and although I usually prefer when comedians curse as I think it can add to the humor, Jim is one of the few comedians who doesn't regularly curse and still makes me die of laughter constantly. His constant dep...

I really enjoyed Jake's blog post about Seinfeld because of his conviction. He 100% believes that Seinfeld is the best comedy of all time, and he provides evidence to support it, both subjective and objective. He talks about how every episode barely has anything to do with the next, relationships are short and often quickly forgotten, and how all of the main characters are generally terrible people. I haven't watched too much Seinfeld but I have definitely seen it and I do enjoy it. I get the sense that Jake enjoys it so much because it's not predictable and the characters aren't stereotypical, which I can also appreciate. I personally get very bored of the simple formula that many sitcoms have and Seinfeld has a very different rhythm to it which I enjoy. Jake also talks about how the characters ignore basic emotions and how doing so makes them appear funnier because that it the point of the show. Seinfeld will throw all logic and general reasoning out the window j...

Although I've never watched Friends  before, Alex wrote a very well structured and well written post which covers all three theories of humor concisely and adequately and made me consider starting the show because of it. In it, Alex discusses how each character can all play their part in contributing to all three theories of comedy. Alex talks about how Chandler provides the superiority theory since he is constantly making fun of others and incorporating others' misfortune into his jokes. Chandler, according to this post, is the embodiment of the superiority theory. Next, relief theory is incorporated into the show extremely well by providing comic relief in moments of tension. Although Alex talks about how the show is mostly light-hearted and fun, there are still moments which can weigh heavy on the heart. The show is still able to include humor as a relief from these moments to keep the audience from being too saddened. They may have grown to love the characters, so while the...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUMTMtlRUwg I found that incongruity was the most convincing account. Inconsistency in most things honestly infuriates me. When a company or organization or person is inconsistent, it frustrates me to no end. However, when it comes to comedy, inconsistency can be hilarious, as can incongruity. The sheer absurdity of something can be enough to be funny, and deliberately being inconsistent can, depending on one's opinion, be viewed as humorous. A great example of this would be with the show "Big Mouth." This is a cartoon which follows a few children going through puberty in extremely graphic and gross ways. One of the main characters, named Andrew, has what is initially assumed to be a figment of his imagination. This figment is a "hormone monster" who goads Andrew into being gross and going through puberty and is initially assumed to be all in his head. However, as the show progresses, the monster goes so far as to be seen by oth...