Seven Minute Lull: Difference between revisions

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It is widely claimed that at any party, there will naturally be a lull in the conversation every seven minutes.

On TV, this will always happen just when someone raises their voice to be heard by exactly one person in spite of the crowd or background noise, when they say something private, highly insulting, or incredibly bizarre (or [[It Got Worse|all three]]). [[Hilarity Ensues]].

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* In the 2005 film version of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy]]'', during the flashback to the party where Arthur and Trillian met, Arthur is criticizing the other party-goers for not recognizing her costume (Charles Darwin), and ends up blurting out "All these people are idiots!" during a [[Seven Minute Lull]] when the [[Record Needle Scratch|record player gets bumped]].

* Happens twice to Janice of [[The Muppets]]: once in ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'', and once in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''. Both times discussing nudity.

* In ''[[~~Ten~~ Things I Hate About You]]'', Patrick says during a loud song at a club:

* In ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'', Patrick says during a loud song at a club:

{{quote|'''Patrick''': I was watching you out there, before. I've (music stops) never seen you look so sexy. }}

* In ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids|Honey We Shrunk Ourselves]]'', the mother yells to overcome the noise of a nearby construction crew. The noise stops just as she's yelling about one of the kids having clean underwear, much to his embarrassment.

* Happens twice in the movie ''[[Dick]]''; the first time at the roller rink when Arlene yells "I love Dick!!" during the lull, and later outside when Betsy yells "You can't let Dick control your life" during a moment of silence.

== [[Literature]] ==

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* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted is on a blind date at an unbearably loud dance club. After realising that his date is just nodding along politely and can't really hear a thing he's saying, he starts saying random silly things for the fun of it -- then the music cuts out just in time for him to yell "I'm wetting my pants!" in her face.

** Later during the same episode, the club plays a different song with enough space during each beat that Barney and Marshall can talk during each lull.

* In the long running mexican [[Sitcom]] ''[[El Chavo ~~Del~~ Ocho]]'' this happens very often, with everybody arguing until Profesor Jirafales or some authority figure makes everybody shut up<ref> "Silencio. ¡Silencio! [[This Is Sparta|¡¡¡SI-LEN-CIO!!!]]"</ref>, and only the naive Chavo still talks, ''always'' saying something insulting towards the authority person (such as referring to Profesor Jirafales as "Maestro Longaniza", as Don Ramón aften does).

* In the long running mexican [[Sitcom]] ''[[El Chavo del Ocho]]'' this happens very often, with everybody arguing until Profesor Jirafales or some authority figure makes everybody shut up<ref> "Silencio. ¡Silencio! [[This Is Sparta|¡¡¡SI-LEN-CIO!!!]]"</ref>, and only the naive Chavo still talks, ''always'' saying something insulting towards the authority person (such as referring to Profesor Jirafales as "Maestro Longaniza", as Don Ramón aften does).

** Subverted in at least one episode, when after a similar situation happens, it ends with El Chavo saying "And now I'm not sayin' anything".

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== [[Real Life]] ==

* On an early episode of [[QI]] John Sessions told the following anecdote:

{{quote|The late, lamented, and great Sir John Gielgud was directing a young actor in the West End once, and the young actor was pausing a lot, as young actors tend to do. And Gielgud said to him, "Oh, stop. No, no. No, you must never pause. Never pause in the West End. I paused many, many years ago, and during the silence, I heard a voice from the third row go, 'Oh, you hideous beast! You've just come all over my umbrella!'"}}

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