Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT 2981-2985 (15 - 19 June 2015)
Lubricus:
Damn you, Willis *cough* Yay for Willis!
Tova:
Just to get the obvious quote out there: "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
I am pretty sure I've never enjoyed guest steps as much as I have this week.
Oh, and May is so right about gags that have been run into the ground. Don't get me started.
Geographus:
--- Quote from: Tova on 18 Jun 2015, 00:26 ---Oh, and May is so right about gags that have been run into the ground. Don't get me started.
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I don't mind it so much when a series/show has a few running gags as long as they also have
new jokes to go along with them. Also when an old running gag suddenly get's an unexpected
twist or something I usually find it hillarious.
pwhodges:
Certainly the specific quoted gag about Miss Sakaki and the cat is not overplayed in the full context of Azumanga Daioh (whether manga or anime).
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 17 Jun 2015, 23:48 ---Man, I know she said serious injury is funny, but the severed limbs going on there is a bit too much for funny :-P
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Oh, I don't know; I think that Dave Willis is showing a keen understanding of what makes slapstick work here.
A foreshadowed catastrophe of this kind where the person said such a misfortune is funny when it happens to someone else is the sort of thing that The Three Stooges or even great clowns like Chaplain or Keeton would have used.
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