Faith's Comedy Blog

The Best Christmas Movie: Elf Great post, Jane! I am so happy you chose to analyze Buddy the Elf and this movie because it is definitely one of the best comedic christmas movies. The way you analyzed this movie in terms of the superiority theory is completely accurate, especially when you criticised Hobbes work because he put too much emphasis on the actual feeling of superiority over someone, and does not recognize that people can often feel superior over someone without a negative connotation. When you compared Buddy the Elf to a mom laughing at a little kid, I completely agree with that statement since Buddy was raised by the elves and Santa Claus, he never got to experience anything other than child-like memories, allowing us to feel superior to him in a more nurturing and caring way.

Talk Show? I can honestly say that I did not think of this show as a talk show. Even though a talk show is simply defined as a show that discusses various topics informally with a talk show host, the Eric Andre show seems to be a show that is not necessarily discussing actual topics, but the purpose is to make people laugh with skits and random humor. Besides this point, I definitely agree on all of Theo's analysis using the three theories of humor. The one point that Theo makes that is completely accurate is, "Eric's show lacks any form of predictability, it is truly impossible to see where joke or skit is going." Most people seek this kind of humor, espcially to feel relief from their own lives, so having shows like this, who's soul purpose is to make people laugh, is very helpful for plenty of people.