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Saying that some/all other standups "just [tell] 100 individual jokes" is a straw man. She demonstrates textbook Stand-Up Comedy: From https://en.wikipedia.org
by glxxyz 5y ago
Saying that some/all other standups "just [tell] 100 individual jokes" is a straw man. She demonstrates textbook Stand-Up Comedy:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy :
"Bits (linked jokes) and chunks (linked bits) are an arrangement of interlinked thematic units from within the set or routine. [...] Stand-ups structure jokes, bits, and chunks to end on climactic laughter. [...] A callback is a reference to a previous thing that was experienced by the audience during that set, designed to create an inside joke."
- alanbernstein 5y agoAre you familiar with Mitch Hedberg?
- psd1 5y agoStory time. My mates went to Stewart Lee one year. I turned it down. Lee did a bit about animal rescue and called the audience for baby animals, partly so he could scorn the shitty audience suggestions. My mate called back to an earlier bit about Benedictine monks. So Stewart Lee was doing the animal rescue shelter routine about nursing a sickly baby Benedictine monk back to health. Obviously my mate was super proud, and reprised the entire scene for my benefit later. The next year, we all went again to Stewart Lee. All the material was new except, to my utter delight, he repeated the animal rescue sketch. And asked the audience for a baby animal. After the expected unfunny offerings ("badger!", "giraffe!"), I shouted "premier league footballer". Which was, again, a callback to a bit earlier in that night's show. So the animal shelter routine was Stewart nursing a little orphan baby premier league footballer. That's a one-year callback. Also the start and end of my career in comedy.