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Does anyone know if there's a name for this form of humour? (That is: forcing a split between two things, then describing the second one first in a manner that
by Schwolop 10y ago
Does anyone know if there's a name for this form of humour? (That is: forcing a split between two things, then describing the second one first in a manner that is ambiguous until the punchline confirms the order.)
- sangnoir 10y agoI don't know if the type of humor itself has a name, but the technique it employs is misdirection, of which there are many variations such as posing a question to 1 of 2 very different people, when the more suitable target (to audience) starts to answer, asker then says "I wasn't talking to you"
- fenomas 10y agoI think of it as basically a garden-path joke. Incidentally I've noticed that jokes structured like this have become so common in UK comedy shows that the punchline is often unnecessary or even omitted.