Pun Analysis Linguistic Analysis of Verbal Humour Found in BBC Radio Drama

56 Table 4.13 Satire Analysis Number of Verbal Humour: 20 Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.08.21 Dialogue: Carolyn : So listen, next Thursday, you are going to Abu Dhabi, and you are going cheap. You will fly the most no-frills, most cost effective plane it is possible to fly. You will make easy jet look like Air Force One. Understood? Martin : Yes, Carolyn. Douglas : And who are the lucky passengers on Scrooge McDuck Air? KR SO Actual vs. Non-actual LM InsultPut-down Humour SI Carolyn is being stingy for her airplane company. TA Carolyn NS Conversation LA Set-up Carolyn : So listen, next Thursday, you are going to Abu Dhabi, and you are going cheap. You will fly the most no-frills, most cost effective plane it is possible to fly. You will make easy jet look like Air Force One. Understood? Martin : Yes, Carolyn. Punch line Douglas : And who are the lucky passengers on Scrooge McDuck Air? The satire presented in the table 4.13 was based on actual vs. non actual SO. The satirical expression contrasted an actual living character and a cartoon character. Insult or put-down became the Logical Mechanism LM to put the two opposite scripts together. The satire in table 4.13 was built around a certain situation SI, where Carolyn was being stingy and Douglas wanted to criticize her. The situation resulted i n the humour having a target TA or the “butt of the humour” which was Carolyn. Set up in a conversation format as the NS, the satire was constructed as shown in the table 4.13 with the punch line was located in the end. 57

5. Farce Analysis

This part is to present the analysis of farce. The sample of the farce was the first verbal humour collected within the object of the research. It appeared in the very beginning of the episode as an opening. The analysis of the farce goes as follows, presented in table 4.14. Table 4.14 Farce Analysis Number of Verbal Humour: 01 Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.00.00 Dialogue: Douglas : Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, First Officer Douglas Richardson here. Just to let you know, were making our final approach now into what I am fairly sure is Fitton airfield …unless its a farm … or just possibly the A45. Its not the sea, because thats blue. I should perhaps explain that Captain Crieff and I have a sportsman-like little bet on today about who can fly the best after drinking a litre of Vodka through a straw. The Captain went first. You may have noticed the take-off run was a little bumpy, particularly over the golf course. Now its me to land, just as soon as I decide which of these two runaways to aim for. And Im happy to tell you that I feel lucky. So on behalf of all your crew today, may I just say, Geronimo KR SO Normal vs. Abnormal LM Fallacious Reasoning SI Douglas is currently or pretends to be drunk and has to land the airplane. TA None NS Narrative monologue LA Set-up and punch line are a lot and positioned one after another. Built on normal vs. non abnormal SO, the verbal humour presented in table 4.14 was meant to contrast two opposing scripts which normally happened in normal situation and the abnormal one. The SO, then, was constructed using Fallacious Reasoning LM, meaning that the script provided unrealistic or abnormal rational to make a thrill for laughter. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI