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Douglas
:I suppose you could always..
Martin :I cant I cant divert. Shell hunt me down. Shell
actually hunt me down with knives.
Douglas :Whereas if we carry on and freeze the clients cat to
death…
Martin
:Also knives. Big knives
KR SO
Possible vs. Impossible
LM False Analogy
SI
Martin needs to divert but he is afraid of Carolyn.
TA None
NS Conversation
LA Set-up
Martin
:What else can I do?
Douglas :I suppose you could always
…
Martin :I cant I cant divert.
Punch line Martin
:Shell hunt me down. Shell actually hunt me down with knives.
Douglas :Whereas if we carry on and freeze the clients cat to
death…
Martin :Also knives. Big knives
The tall tale in the table 4.17 presented possible vs. impossible as the Script Opposition SO. The possible and impossible here referred to the condition
the characters might be in. The tall tale then was presented using false analogy Logical Mechanism LM, meaning that the analogy used in the humour was
fallacious. Set in a specific SI, where Martin needed to divert yet he was afraid that
Carolyn would be angry, the verbal humour did not have a specific target. The tall tale then was written using conversation narrative strategy with a specific wording
or verbalization as presented in the table 4.17.
9. Wit Analysis
This part is to discuss analysis of the last type of verbal humour, wit. The researcher took the verbal humour number 41 as the sample of the analysis which
62 appeared on 00.17.47 within the object of the study. Table 4.18 presents the
analysis.
Table 4.18 Wit Analysis
Number of Verbal Humour: 41
Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.17.47
Dialogue: Arthur
: Why does the air on the top have to keep up the air
at the bottom? Why dont they just… split up?
Douglas : For the sake of the kids?
KR SO
Air vs. Marriage
LM False Analogy
SI Arthur is trying to learn how a plane flies.
TA None
NS
Conversation
LA Set-up
Arthur :
Why does the air on the top have to keep up the air at the bottom? Why dont they just
… split up? Punch line
Douglas :
For the sake of the kids? In the wit presented in table 4.18, the SO contrasted air and marriage. It
was to oppose clearly two different scripts. Using a false analogy as the Logical Mechanism LM, the wit wanted to provide fallacious comparison between two
things, air and marriage, to meet the need of laughter. With the SO and LM that had been defined, the wit was built within a
certain circumstance or situation SI, where Arthur was attempting to understand how a plane flies. With that situation, the target TA of the wit has an empty
value. The wit then was written within a conversation as the NS. In the end, the exact wording of the wit was presented in the table 4.18 where the punch line was,
again, positioned in the end of the wit. Based on the analysis discussion, it was concluded that the verbal humour
found in BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi was analysed PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
