Comedy's Theory of Relativity (ES) (PL)
Occurrence: Joey walked in on Monica & Chandler have sex and now they will name baby after him. Premise: Walk-in on them having sex and you get baby naming rights. Punch Line: Phoebe has walked in on them three times so logically she can … [Continue reading]
Emotional Reversal (ER) Original Emotion: Passive. Everyone just sitting at the bar. "Not a damn thing we can do about it." Stimulus: Sam mention girls with french-cut panties and mini-skirts at the roller rink New Emotion: Urgency. We see all the … [Continue reading]
Character Response False Premise (CRFP) False Premise: Girl thinks Mr. Furley is her boyfriend Joke: wants to kiss Mr. Furley Emotional Reversal (ER) She finds out it's Furley Goes from affection to violence. … [Continue reading]
Premise Logic (PL) Premise: Tell a amusing anecdote about the bar. Associate amusing anecdote to disgusting anecdotes . Conclusion/Punchline: They tell a bunch of disgusting anecdotes. Also: Character Response (CR) because these characters … [Continue reading]
Monica says baby is asleep. Then we see a grown man asleep with a Pacifier in his mouth. Joke is the unexpected emotional similarity. Chandler a grown man acting like a baby. Chandler emotionally similar to baby … [Continue reading]