58 Understanding the SO and the LM, the farce was generated around the
situation where Douglas was drunk, or at least pretended to be drunk, while he has to land the airplane. With zero value for the target TA, the farce was constructed
in a narrative or monologue format with the set up and punch-line are a lot and were positioned one after another, creating a boisterous humour.
6. Irony Analysis
This part is to discuss irony analysis. The researcher took the verbal humour number 54 as the sample for the irony analysis. The ironical expression to
be discussed in this part appeared in 00.22.09 of the episode. The following table 4.15 is to present the analysis.
Table 4.15 Irony Analysis
Number of Verbal Humour: 54
Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.22.09
Dialogue: Martin
:Do you think its dead?
Douglas :No, no, definitely not. Not yet.
KR SO
Life vs. Death
LM Word Repetition
SI
Martin is afraid if the cat will die. He asks for Douglas‟s opinion whether the cat was dead.
TA None
NS
Conversation
LA
Set-up Martin
:Do you think its dead?
Douglas :No, no, definitely not.
Punch line Douglas
:Not yet. The ironical expression presented in the table 4.15 was meant to contrast
live and death. The SO, the soul, of the irony, was about opposing those two PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
59 scripts. It then constructed using word repetition Logical Mechanism LM in
order to provide a crystal clear contrast between the two scripts. Having known the SO and the LM, the ironical expression was chosen to
be built around a situation SI where Martin feared if the cat would die and he asked Douglas if the cat was dead. Knowing the SI, the irony above did not have a
target TA. Generated using conversation Narrative Strategy NS, the language LA or the verbalization of the irony was arranged as presented in the table 4.15,
where the punch line was placed in the end.
7. Sarcasm Analysis
This part is to analyse and discuss sarcasm verbal humour. The sample for the analysis and the discussion was taken from the third verbal humour that
appeared in the radio drama. To be precise, the sample is a sarcasm that appeared on 00.02.15 within the episode. The result of the analysis is shown in the table
4.16.
Table 4.16 Sarcasm Analysis
Number of Verbal Humour: 03
Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.02.15
Dialogue: Martin
:Bob Holness. It was Bob Holness.
Arthur
:Thats it Oh. Well, does he count anyway?
Douglas : Does Bob Holness count in our list of people called
Brian? What the hell, yes, he does. Well done
KR SO
Praising vs. Insulting
LM InsultPut-down Humour
SI
Martin, Arthur, and Douglas are playing “Brians of Britain”, mentioning as many British people as possible whose name is
Brian. Arthur failed.
TA Arthur
NS Conversation
LA
Set-up Martin
:Bob Holness. It was Bob Holness. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
