49 Humour number 3 showed the way Douglas mocked Arthur‟s stupidity on
how he asked if Bob Holness could be included on the list of people called Brian. Knowing it was a stupid question, Douglas deliberately praised Arthur by saying
“well done”, instead of directly mocking him, in order to give Arthur a gibe. Although it was meant to hurt Arthur‟s feeling, this sarcastic expression was
funny and might trigger laughter from the audience. Humour number 30 also showed how sarcastic expression could be
humorous. It told about the way Douglas gave sarcastic expressions to Martin. Instead of insulting him openly, he talked as if he was really awed by Martin, or
he preferred to call him, sarcastically, Sir.
8. Tall Tale
Tall tale is a form of verbal humour that relies on exaggeration Shade, 1996, p.5. Based on that definition, the researcher found one verbal humour that
was in the form of tall tale. Table 4.8 presents the tall tale.
Table 4.8 Verbal Humour Sample: Tall Tale
No Minute in
Radio Drama Dialogue
56 00.22.56
Martin :What else can I do?
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
Although short, humour number 56 showed how Martin exaggerated on how he would be treated if he decided to divert. Because he was really afraid,
Martin exaggerated the possibility on how Carolyn would treat him. He believed PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
50 that she would hunt him down with knives, which was really unlikely to happen.
This humorous speech which contained exaggeration evoked laughter from the hearer.
9. Wit
According to Shade 1996, wit is one form of verbal humour that intelligently connected two incongruous ideas, resulting in quick and out of the
cuff statement p.5. The researcher collected 13 samples of wit within the transcript and took two samples to be presented in table 4.9.
Table 4.9 Verbal Humour Sample: Wit
No Minute in
Radio Drama Dialogue
17 00.06.35
Carolyn : I dont have an airline. I have one jet. You
cannot put one jet in a line. If MJN is anything, it is an air dot.
41 00.17.47
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?
Note: For complete list of wit, see appendix F. Humour number 17 showed how Carolyn intelligently connected two
incongruous ideas quickly. She successfully connected two different ideas, line and dot things connected to drawing and line in the word “airline”. She gave an
absurd analogy on airline by connecting it to line and dot. This analogy of two incongruous ideas created laughter from the audience.
Similar to the previous humour, connecting two incongruous ideas was also seen in humour number 41. In this humour, Douglas successfully connected
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