Rapid-Fire Comedy: Difference between revisions

This technique is an easy way to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|get crap past the radar]], since the censors don't have enough time to notice the obscene joke among the dozens of other gags.

 

 

 

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* This trope was standard operating procedure for the [[Marx Brothers]], especially in their earlier (pre-''Night At The Opera'') films. Thus, and to a surprise to many people, this trope is Older Than ''[[Airplane!]]''.

** And by extension, the [[Homage]] ''[[Brain Donors]]'', produced by David and Jerry Zucker.

** [[Rule of Three|Written by Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker]].

* ''[[The Radioland Murders]]'' -- even better on second viewing, because some of it is delivered in such an offhand way.

 

* [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|''Monty Python's Flying Circus'']] is to television what ''[[Airplane!]]!'' is to film, and is even more of a standard by which to judge rapid fire comedy.

** Being made by [[Redundancy Department of Redundancy|Zucker/Arbahams/Zucker]]

* ''The Andy Milonakis Show''

** And has now spawned an Americanized show called ''Wipeout'' that follows the premise of MXC with new footage filmed specifically for it.

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'': It's camouflaged, but attention to the background events and [[Subtext]] makes it become ''extremely'' dense. Try to summarize a typical episode of the half-hour show and you'll see.

* [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] was built this way. Most of the jokes will sail right over the heads of 90% of the audience -- but the 10% that ''do'' get the joke will be reeling with laughter from its sheer obscurity. They make up for this disparity by firing off a ''lot'' (perhaps around ''700 per episode'') of obscure jokes, in the hope that the viewer will be one of the 10% that ''this'' joke was designed for. As one of the makers once said, "The ''right'' people will get it."

* ''[[Good News Week]]''. Both in Paul's monologues and in the games in general.

* [[The IT Crowd]]. The first act usually has a few laughs, things ramp up in Act 2, and by Act 3 you WILL be laughing non stop. This happens Every. Single. Episode.

* ''[[I Carly]]'': Happens more and more as the show goes into its fourth season. Notable example being the episode ''iGet Pranky''.

{{quote| '''Pierce''': Change! Time to change the channel! This guy'll be begging for change soon, he keeps making movies this terrible! We should change to something good, this movie stinks! We should change his diaper. That's change we can believe in!<br />

'''Abed''': [Hits pause] Okay, it's obvious something strange is happening here.<br />

* A number of [[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]] comics, such as [http://xkcd.com/730/ this one] or [http://xkcd.com/482/ these] [http://xkcd.com/485/ two], present large panoramas built around a common theme saturated with jokes for this apparent purpose.

* The further [[Hiimdaisy]] goes, the more jokes in a single issue there are. Case in point: [[Little Kuriboh|LittleKuriboh's]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8ZnAqUdgU voiceover of Let's Destroy Shagohod] ([[Metal Gear]] spoilers alert).

 

 

* Chester A. Bum of ''[[Bum Reviews (Web Video)|Bum Reviews]]'' is practically the ''living embodiment'' of this trope.

* ''[[Zero Punctuation (Web Animation)|Zero Punctuation]]'' loves this trope. That would be enough comedy in one 5-minute segment to fill a good-size movie.

** This is also quite evident in the '[[Marik Plays Bloodlines (Let's Play)|Marik Plays Bloodlines]]' [[Let's Play]] series.

* ''[[Loading Ready Run]]'' has two [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/archive/bonus/date/desc?search=comedy+ so+ fast rapidfire] series.

* The [[Tex Avery]]-inspired [[Steven Spielberg]]-produced cartoon shows ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' and ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', and, to an even greater extent, ''[[Freakazoid]]''.

* ''[[Xavier Renegade Angel]]'' takes this to an extreme: pauses the voice actors put between jokes are ''digitally removed''.

* [[Venture Brothers]]: A combination of this and obscure references ensures that you'll still be catching new jokes on your fourth, fifth, etc. time watching any given episode. Especially in later seasons.

* ''[[Drawn Together]]''