Observations from studying the comedian Russel Howard.
- Stretching analogies
- Using language/motion/figure do describe something on the opposite end of the spectrum
- Take, for instance, age: 5Y/O: “cheers mum, wasen’t on my to-do list”
- A surprisingly sentimental dog: “because when I wake up tomorrow I want to see you, and I want to go for a lovely walk”
- Large motions + deadpan after
- Endless extrapolations of a normal setup: setup: Russian hackers were controlling people’s toys; punchline: “5 men were dildo’d to death, we don’t have a recording but here are their final words — ‘oh yeaaah’, ‘oh fuck yeaaah’”
Setup: gweneth paltro Punchline: “put an egg up there, you will feel more femenine. no! you will feel like a chicken”
- Multiple use of setups: “happy birthday too you”
- Peach