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High Status Humor Notes

This document provides guidance on developing a comedic character and style of humor. It outlines 4 potential comedic characters (#1 Unsolicited Bad Advice Guy, #2 Heartless Bastard/Elitist, #3 The Prize, #4 The Authority Figure/Daddy) with intentions, focuses, actions, and interpretations for each. It also describes techniques like high status verbs combined with exaggeration and reversal, accusation humor, qualification, winding people up, and addressing jokes that don't land. The overall message is that developing a comedic viewpoint or character and looking for opportunities to apply humor techniques can help one's comedy skills.

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High Status Humor Notes

This document provides guidance on developing a comedic character and style of humor. It outlines 4 potential comedic characters (#1 Unsolicited Bad Advice Guy, #2 Heartless Bastard/Elitist, #3 The Prize, #4 The Authority Figure/Daddy) with intentions, focuses, actions, and interpretations for each. It also describes techniques like high status verbs combined with exaggeration and reversal, accusation humor, qualification, winding people up, and addressing jokes that don't land. The overall message is that developing a comedic viewpoint or character and looking for opportunities to apply humor techniques can help one's comedy skills.

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If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything ~ Marilyn Monroe

Funny myth #1 Some people have it , some dont.


Busted: its a SYSTEM
When you are being funny, youre leading the fun
Comedy is a social risk "I probably shouldnt be saying this and then you do"
you mess up to know where the line is.

OBSERVATION
keep a notice of bizarre things "MAN MARRIES CAT, WHERE IS THIS CLIT IVE HEARD SO
MUCH ABOUT,WET HANDSHAKE,SLEPT LIKE A BABY(WET MYSELF,WOKE UP CRYING, AND SUCKLE
BREAST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT)"
Google "weird news stories"

EXAGGERATION
observation+exaggeration targetting a "clique" about the people.

REVERSAL
reversal and exaggeration about an observation.

CHARACTER
MOst comedy is really about the charActer. Its not the joke thats funny, but what
it says about the character that crack you up.

BY joking around as a high status character, they see you as high status
THis explores a dark side of status, but when done overly optimistic, in a good
mood, unconcerned what other people think, relaxed and sure of ourself whiht the
negative traits, it becomes very funny.
first one is hardest
CHaracter: View point [ (i) intention (What?), (ii) attention (where?), (iii)
action(What?) and (iv) interpretation (How?)]
Duration: youre only roleplaying for a one liner and then drop out of it.

my inteention "connect with people, have fun", my character's intention "high


status intentin+exaggeration+reversal= HSH"

How to speak comedy: make the "assumption" (ie any observation+___+___) and ask a
secondary question about it)

#1 U-BAG- Unsolicitted BAd advice guy


(i) be genuinely helpful
(ii) opportuinities to help people out.
(iii) to advice ** high status
(iv) im great at advising, youre lucky you met me
take something they tell you--- whats the worst peice of advice that i can give
them right now? --- rationalize it using crazy logic.
"drink a pot of coffe to sleep well, as allthe caffiene cancels itself and knoucks
you out; one thing you dont want to do in prison is blend in, thats death , you
wanna stand out so take a peice of cloth make a jaunty scarf to let eertone know
that youre not afraid of expressing yourself, bets ay to deal wiht anger is to bury
it deeep inside you, so it cahnt get out, and if you fell it rise, wash it down
with some alchohol, tahts psycologically HEALTHY way to deal wiht anger "
motorcycle backwards, obstacles behind, glassinside your shoe, accupuncture

#2 Heartless Bastard/elitist
(i) Maximise his comfort at any expense
(ii) Whats in it for me?
(iii) judges, disapproves and he talks these things in a matter of fact way,
(iv) everythings fine, he's obviously right, and he feels like he deserves more
than others
micro stories that reveal your life tahts devoid of feelings and emotions, give
opinions that reveal selfish motives, as normal.
ITS A WIN-WIN, I WIN TWICE, thats the attitude.
Target= other people not who youre talking to, ovrly optimistic.
distaste about something no one would have a distate about. eg gandhi
eg mr burns from simpsons, steven colbert, sarah silverman

#3 THE PRIzE (works well if youre nervous about your looks)


(i) keep women away if they dont pay/ have something good to offer them
(ii) senstivity to being objectified
(iii) qualifies, pushes away, disqualifies
(iv) all women want him and thats a burden "being seen just as a peice of
meat","wanting women to know you have feelings and youre not just someone whos
gonna pleasore the all night long, need more of a connection for that "
formula: find opportuinities to turn anything as people hitting on you.
drink thrown in face: " there are easier ways to get me drunk
slapped "an excuse to touch your face"
touch "need to st some ground rules here now that youve boobed me in the arm"
drink bought "just coz you bought me a drink, doesnt necessarily mean that im gonna
makeout with you"
first date: this is always uncomfortable, but do you want me for the whole night or
are youre gonna be paying me by the hour.
creative misinterpretation
#4THE AUTHORITY FIGURE/ daddy
(i) to guide her and help her
(ii) on protecting her
(iii) encourage reprimand, correct
(iv) shes a smile child / puppy who need your help

formula: look for opportunities to talk to her like a child in an encouraging,


positive way.
when she pauses, "use your words"
youre gonna get a time out, no more sugar for you, im gonna send you home with a
note, isnt itpast your bedtime, is there anything you have to do before we leave
the house, thats why we can have nice things.

SURPRISE

3RD MODULE
TECHNIQUES
HIGHSTATUS VERBS+EXAGGERATION+REVERSAL=HSH

#1 accuzation humor
accuse 'em of smthing and the use exaggeration reversal
hitting on you(being all hands, coping a feel, moving too fast, only wantng to get
into your pants), stealing something exaggerated too big or too samll works,
quiet<=>talkative, talkative<=>quiet, accuse her of lying for no reason(what your
name, nnono your real name), "hey this isnt the library, you wanna read that, then
buy it"
#2 qualification
best business model college, jump thru crazy hoops to pay them 25000 $ a year
how long can you tread water for?
what are you thinking about right now, "just judinging you"
wanna come innto my place, "yeah i wanna judge it"
she makes a mistake "strike two", youre ust ruining your chances with me
bush supporter
#3 The wind up
my british accent \ /
" "
/-\
while heading out on a date tell her its a costume party, "silly hat"
youve something on your face and then chase it around "no on the left, no my left,
nah im just kidding, i was just bored "
look ar her hair and talk like youre looking her in the eye
pretend to cancel (dont over do it)
put something on your face, and when they say, wie everything off but that
now taht we are here i want to tell you bout the church of scientology nd how much
its helped me.
make unreasonable requests, "sorry can you hold this for me for a second", do you
guys have a thousand bucks i can borrow", "i know its not n the menu, can you get
me some sushi ", "ask for a whopper at mcd", "at a party i know we dont know each
other very well yet, but can i borrow your car for the month of june","ask for
obvious but vry specific things, do you know a coffee shop around here."
"put it out, pull it back, throw it out": Im a gigolo, not that kind of gigolo, i
go out with o=women ususally older, maybe go to a movie, and then go home and get
down on them
you know who you remind me of, shakti kapoor not thte way he looks or anything like
that, your confidence , the way you walk and your blood thirsty gut.
"zooming out": zoom out of the scenario and comment,
if its awkward, hmm i think its going pretty well, we're ready to be facebook
friends.
heyy, thats a lot of energy comin at you, isnt it?

when a joke doesnt land


incongruent bodylanguage
That was a private/ inside joke with myself with very confident boy language
Im sorry that oke didnt work out , its going to cripple my fragile self esteem.
yea i know i just really make jokes because of my desperate insecurity and my need
to please others.

make it about them


oo i think that one hit home
if you make a joke about ____, what have you got against ____

comment on the awkwardness


did you hear the wolfs howling, crickets cricking

beat the dead horse


weiner dogs...
say it 3-4 time, youre making fun of it not being funny.
try one thhing at a time and look for opportunities

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