wayne@ada-uts.UUCP (12/05/85)
> Some of my > favorite meta-humor is that which appears in comic strips, when the > artists get up the courage to take a risk with some unconventional > humor. Agreed, though it takes a very talented humorist to come up with really funny material. An example that immediately came to mind is the "Bloom County" comic strip in which Yaz Pistachio (a short lived character) complains about her unusual name. She says something to the effect of "CAn there be a worse name?" After a bit of thinking, one of the regulars responds "Berke Breathed." And she agrees. It is reprinted in one of the Bloom County anthologies. (the specifics escapes me because the book isn't near me - in fact it's ten miles away.) Wayne Wylupski ...!{ihnp4,ima}!inmet!ada-uts!wayne P.S. For those who just went "Huh?", Berke Breathed is the creator of Bloom County. In this case, only those who pay attention to the strip (True fans) thinks it's outrageously funny. It fails to be funny when it has to be explained. This is therefore a poor attempt at meta-humor.
rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch) (12/08/85)
"Four hours later I parked my car under the dwarf maples and walked up the gravel driveway to the Same mansion. It had been snowing in Santa Barbara ever since the top of the page, and I had to shake the cornstarch off my mucklucks as I lifted the heavy obsidian doorknocker. 'Hey in there, open up. Your doorknocker fell off.' 'What's all this brouhaha?' 'Brouhaha? Ha ha ha.' 'Ha ha ha.' ... 'You can dry your mucklucks by the fire. Let me introduce myself: I am Nick Danger.' 'No, let me introduce MY self. I am Nick Danger.' 'If you're so smart why don't you pick up your cues faster?' 'Are those my cues?' 'Yes, and they must be dry by now. Why don't you pull them out of the cellophane before they scorch?' " -- enjoy
tonti@ptsfc.UUCP (Guy Tonti) (12/08/85)
> > Some of my > > favorite meta-humor is that which appears in comic strips, when the > > artists get up the courage to take a risk with some unconventional > > humor. > > P.S. For those who just went "Huh?", Berke Breathed is the creator > of Bloom County. In this case, only those who pay attention > to the strip (True fans) thinks it's outrageously funny. It > fails to be funny when it has to be explained. This is > therefore a poor attempt at meta-humor. An example of this "inside humor" was a few years back when Funky Winkerbean became a counselor at a summer camp. His first sentence to the group of kids was: "Hi, my names Funky Winkerbean!" which was met by uproarious laughter from the kids. EXACTLY one year later, Funky was again a camp counselor, said the same line, and got no response. The last panel had one kid turn to the other and say: "Same jokes, year in and year out."
wayne@ada-uts.UUCP (12/12/85)
In article <660@mit-eddie.UUCP> gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) writes: >There was a WB Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck episode where Daffy was a >constantly-changing character in a cartoon. The artist (later revealed >as Bugs himself) put Daffy in scenes with incorrect clothing. There was another one where Bugs himself falls victim to the pen and brush in a matter similar to Daffy's. The animator this time was Elmer Fudd. Now if SOMEONE did a cartoon of Elmer changing Bugs who was changing Daffy who was changing ... then it would be too much. Wayne Wylupski ...!{ihnp4,ima}!inmet!ada-uts!wayne
brianu@ada-uts.UUCP (12/12/85)
Once in Peanuts the humor was due to a LACK of meta-humor. Lucy was
watching the Pasadena Rose Parade on television when Linus walks up
and asks who the Grand Marshall is this year. She replies:
"No one you every heard of"
The actual Grand Marshall that year? Charles Schulz.
Brian Utterback
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LIFE: UCLA!PCS!TELOS!CRAY!I**2barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (12/16/85)
There's been some meta-humor just this past week in Bloom County. It
was pretty repetitive until Friday. Each day the last panel was just
narration, talking about how the events in the previous three panels
were an example of "foreshadowing, the sign of quality literature," in
sort of a tutorial manner. On Friday Milo is talking to Opus about what
has just gone on. Milo asks Opus what this is an example of, and Opus
confesses to not knowing. Milo screams, "foreshadowing!", and Opus says
that he never reads the editor's notes.
--
Barry Margolin
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