Sunday, 20 April 2008

Bad comedians 2

The type of comedy that I like and have found that the majority of my friends who are of a similar age like is easy-going comedy.
An example of this is the tv show 'The Friday Night Project', this is hosted by Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins.

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They are joined by a different celebrity guest host each week.
One segment of the show is 'The Friday Night News' with Alan and the guest host discussing recent news from the world of celebrity.
This part of the show relies on the audience's knowledge of the celebrity world in order to understand the joke. This is known as the incongruity theory

An example of this segment can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MStQK0I07fw

Suprisingly, Alan Carr's humour spreads acroos more than just the teen to twenty something generation as my grandmother laughs out loud at his stand up dvd, however his counterpart Justin does not have the same effect.
This shows that even though they are a duo on The Friday Night Project they are able to remain individual and portray their own influences into the writing of the show showing versatility in making the show work and appeal to a wider audience who like them individually or as a pair.

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