Futurama: Best of Bender
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLpO-OvJU74
0:29 Invective
In this clip bender abusively insults a couple based on their weight. This is presented humorously in that Bender first presents an inaccurate insult, has it challenged, and then offers the simpler, but far more hurtful, weight-related insult.
0:38 Parody
Bender exaggerates the style of singing and repetitive lyrics of a once-popular song for comedic effect in an otherwise suspenseful moment.
3:46 Pun
The term "jacking on" is used to make a joke exploiting the possible meaning of the slang term "jacking off". This term normally has a very foul meaning, and the pun makes a humorous play on the audience's knowledge of this term.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRxwBb7ev1Y
Understatement
In this clip, the scene from Monty Python's Holy Grail involving the black knight is shown. Understatement is used repeatedly for humorous effect, as the black knight sustains repeated serious injuries, including loss of all of his limbs, and remarks on his injuries as though they are meaningless.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPE76L-RUuI
Reversal
This video, released by the music duo Twenty One Pilots, shows them out of their element on a farm. It is humorous because they intentionally make themselves look ridiculous. It is humorous in their repeated misinterpretation and overreaction to various situations that arise on the farm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxD5reaDf5M
Incongruity
This GEICO commercial shows a bodybuilder directing traffic. He is shown in a place he would not normally be found (directing traffic) although it is an area in which a bodybuilder would probably be at home (since they pose for a living). And that's it. That's the point of the commercial.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdDqSvJ6aHc
Exaggeration
This clip from Saturday Night Live exaggerates the hillbilly, non-political nature of Sarah Palin's interviews. While it often draws directly from quotes of Sarah Palin, it represents exaggeration in that it way over-blows her hillbilly-Alaska-bred-moron nature.
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"GEICO Bodybuilder Commercial Happier Than a Body Builder
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"Monty Python And The Holy Grail- The Black Knight."
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<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRxwBb7ev1Y‎>.
"SNL Tina Fey then Gov. Palin." Youtube. N.p., n.d.
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<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPE76L-RUuI‎>.
