13 Comedy Structures

Question 1

Comedy Structure 1

Answer 1

Double Entendre

Question 2

Comedy Structure 2

Answer 2

REVERSES

Question 3

Comedy Structure 3

Answer 3

TRIPLES

Question 4

Comedy Structure 4

Answer 4

INCONGRUITY

Question 5

Comedy Structure 5

Answer 5

SIMPLE TRUTH

Question 6

Comedy Structure 6

Answer 6

SUPERIORITY

Question 7

Comedy Structure 7

Answer 7

PAIRED PHRASES

Question 8

Comedy Structure 8

Answer 8

SLAPSTICK

Question 9

Comedy Structure 9

Answer 9

RECOGNITION

Question 10

Comedy Structure 10

Answer 10

COMPARE & CONTRAST

Question 11

Comedy Structure 11

Answer 11

COMEDIC IRONY

Question 12

Comedy Structure 12

Answer 12

BENIGN RETALIATION

Question 13

Comedy Structure 13

Answer 13

PARADOX

Question 14

Double Entendre Joke Example

Answer 14

This morning, my girlfriend asked me if I slept good. I said, ‘No, I made a few mistakes.

Question 15

Reverse Joke Example

Answer 15

I was trying to teach my daughter how to tie her shoes and she’s like: “I can’t Dad, I can’t! I said, “How many times have I told you not to use that word… I am not your Dad!”

Question 16

Triples Joke Example

Answer 16

Did you know that Sinistrophobia is the fear of having something to your left side? Dextrophobia is the fear of having something to your right side. What’s the fear of having something behind you? Homophobia?

Question 17

INCONGRUITY Joke Example

Answer 17

“I saw a Chinese Restaurant with a sign that said, “Authentic Chinese Cuisine—Se Habla Espanol.”

Question 18

SIMPLE TRUTH Joke Example

Answer 18

I said to my wife, how you feeling? She said, “I’m having some gas pains…” and I said, Babe, everyone is; it’s like four-bucks a gallon!

Question 19

SUPERIORITY Joke Example

Answer 19

We have an Alaskan Husky. She’s a pack animal. When we first brought her home she tried to establish dominance by humping my wife’s leg. I was like, ‘Trust me, Doggo, That is NOT going to get you anywhere!

Question 20

PAIRED PHRASES Joke Example

Answer 20

Presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush joined together to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. But they will be going under the nicknames of “HOPE,” “GROPE,” and “DOPE.”

Question 21

SLAPSTICK Example

Answer 21

See Mr.Bean

Question 22

RECOGNITION Joke Example

Answer 22

I was watching this commercial for laundry detergent. It said:
‘Our detergent gets blood stains out of your dress shirts better than the leading detergent.’ If you’ve got blood on your dress shirts, choosing the right detergent is the least of your problems.”

Question 23

COMPARE & CONTRAST Joke Example

Answer 23

Anybody here think they could move to Austria, learn the language, become famous for working out, then be a movie star, then marry into their royalty and hold public office? How many lifetimes would you need—I’m on my third attempt at Rosetta Stone Spanish!

Question 24

COMEDIC IRONY Joke Example

Answer 24

Barry grew up in a poor neighborhood. “I was poor. In our neighborhood it was common for the men to have one family on one side of town and another family on the other side of town. I didn’t meet my sister ‘til I was 21, we were on our third date.”

Question 25

BENIGN RETALIATION Joke Example

Answer 25

One time I was with a girl who cheated on me. Halloween rolled around and she said, "I don't know what to pretend to be for Halloween." I said, "Why don't you just dress normally and pretend you’re in a committed relationship?

Question 26

PARADOX Joke Example

Answer 26

You ever realize that on TV you can say that you ‘pricked your finger,’ but you can’t say that you ‘fingered your prick.