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New Ranking: Twelve Types Of Joke Structure

This essay discusses twelve types of joke structures. These structures are common patterns that I've noticed among popular jokes. In each case I included examples and how to best utilize each type of structure while avoiding its pitfalls. In case you're wondering, this list doesn't mean there aren't a hundred other ways to construct a joke. These are simply twelve of the most common. They include: Redefinition & Retitling Definition Through Obvious Exclusion Statistical Analysis Inappropriate Suggestions For Personal Safety Not Using Euphemisms Where Appropriate Bringing Euphemisms Home Underplaying Damages With Understatements Overplaying Damages To Get Your Way Analyzing Errors In Sentence Structure Inappropriate Personal Settings Logical Mismatch Asking The Obvious Questions It's not important that... [Read Entire Article]

Posted July 0, 2003 by Shayne Michael under Writing

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Gilda Radner was born Gilda Susan Radner on June 28th, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan. Her mother named Radner after the title character in the 1944 film Gilda. Today, she is best known as an Emmy Award winning American comedienne and actress and as part of the original Not Ready For Primetime cast members on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Her life was tragically cut short by ovarian cancer. Some consider Radner the same caliber comedienne as Lucille Ball. Born to Jewish-American parents, Herman Radner and Henrietta Dworki, Radner grew up in Detroit with her nanny, Elizabeth Clementine Gillies, whom she called Dibby and an older brother named Michael. When they were young, her family spent winters in Palm Beach, Florida. Despite his fifth-grade education, her father made the family fortune from an Ontario brewery that he purchased in the 1920s. Radner's mother, on th... [Read Entire Bio]