A FEW SELECTED EXAMPLES OF COMIC STYLES FOR YOUR READING DISPLEASURE

Here, I have compiled some sample comic comebacks using various comedic styles to illustrate the -- uh -- the various comedic styles.  In order to best demonstrate the selections, I've chosen to use the same setup line in each instance, and to provide not one, but two example comebacks.  Enjoy...  or not.
 

COMIC STYLE
STRAIGHT LINE
COMIC LINE 1
COMIC LINE 2
EFFORTLESS "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "I'm going out on a limb and guessing shoes." "Something to waste my time with?"
ESOTERIC "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "An ingot of stabilized quadtrisexium dipentnilunide?" "The lost scrolls of Hermes Trismegistus?"
ETHNIC "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "Fried chicken and crack?" "Whiskey and a baked potato?"
IMPOSSIBLE "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "A blue whale!" "My own severed head?"
RIDICULOUS "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "A bottle of goat's blood?" "A gold-plated spatula?"
INSIDE JOKE "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "Spinning wheels?" "Hit the spacebar and find out!"
INSULTING "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "You finally found those lost testicles you've been looking for?" "Your last remaining brain cell?"
LOW-BROW "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "Boogers?" "A concentrated fart."
OBSCURE "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "A bag of Squarbles?" "The key to Vector Sigma?"
OBVIOUS "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "The interior of the box itself." "Air, for one thing."
OVER THE TOP "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "All the evils of the world!  It's the box of Pandora!  Do not open that box or we shall all be doomed!  Forever DOOMED!!" "The very key to life itself in the entire universe!!  HA HA HA!!"
PERSONAL "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "Your G-Control tranceiver?" "A Citizens of the Galaxy t-shirt!"
POLITICAL "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "Shredded Whitewater documents?" "The English version of my tax forms?"
SELF-DEPRICATING "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "My last shred of dignity." "Is it a gun to put me out of my misery?"
SEXUAL INNUENDO "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "I give up.  You'll just have to show me your box." "I don't know, but I like the way you handle your package."
CALLBACK "Guess what I've got in this shoebox!" "You know what?  I'm going to stick with guessing shoes." "Okay, you're done wasting my time."

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