Rapid-Fire Interrupting: Difference between revisions

* The ''Cheez-its'' commercial with the "interrupting cheese" joke. The idea of all the ads is waiting for the cheese to mature, and there are always cheeses doing childish 'immature' things. This one has the cheese doing a knock knock joke about 'interrupting cheese' and then interrupting the guy's reply question.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo This anti-drug PSA] has a father asking his kid who taught him to do drugs ([[Tomato in the Mirror|It was the father himself, teaching by example]]).

'''Dad:''' Answer me. }}

 

== [[Comic Strip]] ==

* A [[Dilbert]] comic introduced "the Sentence Finisher", who would constantly interrupt people to finish their sentences for them:

'''Sentence Finisher:''' - uncanny accuracy? }}

 

== [[Film]] - Live Action ==

* Dr. Evil does this to his son Scott in ''[[Austin Powers]]: International Man of Mystery''. Scott is trying to convince Dr. Evil to [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|let him shoot Austin and Vanessa Kensington]] instead of leaving them in a [[Death Trap]].

'''Dr. Evil:''' Shhh! }}

* ''[[His Girl Friday]]'' is famous for this. To pack in more dialogue and allow to be interrupted without the audience missing anything essential that the characters were saying, superfluous words were added to the beginning and end of the sentences, so if you missed what the characters were saying when they talked at the same time, you could still follow the story.

* ''[[Monk]]'': In "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan", Monk is attempting to talk to Stottlemeyer, but a jackhammer keeps interrupting. At one point, Monk even attempts to perform a fake-out, but the jackhammer doesn't start. Then Monk attempts to speak again...at which point the jackhammer begins making noise.

* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'':

'''Michael:''' That time, I was going to say sandwiches. }}

* Happens a lot in ''[[Mock the Week]]'', particularly to Ed Byrne

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

* Happens in a skit in [[Tales of Graces]]. Asbel is asking Sophie questions about her {{spoiler|Protos Heis}} abilities. Sophie keeps trying to answer, only to have Emeraude interrupt her (and at one point Asbel himself) to answer the questions herself.

** Also played for laughs in another skit. Pascal tries to figure out the purpose of some cryas stones, but as she figures it out and is about to give her guess, {{spoiler|Lambda}} interrupts and gives the answer himself. When Pascal asks for clarification on one aspect, {{spoiler|Lambda}} answers, "Figure it out yourself." Pascal takes him up on that and thinks for a moment before coming up with an answer... only to once again be interrupted by {{spoiler|Lambda}} revealing the answer anyway, much to Pascal's annoyance.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Hiimdaisy]]'': Snake does this to Meryl in ''[[Metal Gear Solid|Let's Destroy Metal Gear!]]'' as she's asking him about his personal life

'''Snake:''' '''''SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP!!''''' }}