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==== Played straight
== Live Action Television ==
* The UK cable channel Dave is supposedly called this because they ran a survey and discovered that almost everyone in the country knew at least one person called Dave. It touts itself as being "the home for witty banter". In other words it shows endless reruns of ''[[Top Gear]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' and several different [[Panel Game|panel shows]] that they've got their hands on, often the exact same episodes day after day.
* Most recent showings of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] have featured a pair of hosts (male and female) exchanging excruciatingly scripted
** In Britain most of this is either talked over, or at least commented on by [[Terry Wogan]] who mercilessly rips it apart.
*** Terry Wogan (and Graham Norton, now that Wogan left) is the only reason many British and Irish people can bear to watch them. Wogan's hilarious but oh-so-true comments about how Britain never gets any votes and how most countries are simply making tactical or political votes as opposed to voting for the genuine best song make you wonder how the Eurovision execs let him get away with mocking the entire contest as a whole.
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== Prime Time News ==
* The 5 O'Clock news on CTV's Maritime affiliate ATV is essentially nothing but
* The American morning news show ''[http://dailybuzznow.com The Daily Buzz]'' is pretty much based around presenting the news in an entertaining format, and they seem to make Witty Banter work on their show to the point it has become a viable comedic alternative to other morning news shows like The Early Show or Good Morning America.
* Conversely, Witty Banter, when breaking down, can be funny. Case in point, NJ News Channel 12:
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== Radio ==
* The CBC radio morning show in Montreal, ''Daybreak'', has a lot of
* RMX, a radio station from Guadalajara, runneth over with Witty Banter, especially during the morning show (three guys who keep dissing each other and talking about [[Seinfeldian Conversation|the immortality of the crab]] and about recent events), and during the afternoon (a 20-something girl who keeps talking about all the times she got massively drunk).
* ''Punto y seguido'', the 8 o'clock show from Radio Metrópoli, also a radio station from Guadalajara, is about Witty Banter between the top journalists from the ''Notisistema'' news network about recent events and the Topic of the Day.
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* In an episode of ''Friends'', Joey practices with Ross and Chandler before his audition for the role of a game show host. He jokingly berates Ross for introducing himself too verbosely. Chandler introduces himself as:
{{quote|'''Chandler:''' Well Joey, I'm a head hunter. I hook up out of work Soviet scientists with rogue third world nations.}}
* Smashie and Nicey on ''[[Harry Enfield and Chums]]'' are a parody of radio DJs who seem to spend more time engaging it
** ''[[Small Reference Pools|Record]]''. Specifically, ''You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet''.
* Spoofed on ''[[Murphy Brown]]'': During a FYI airing, Miles tells Murphy and the gang at the last minute to talk amongst themselves so that the footage can be played during the end credits to give the show a "friendly atmosphere". However, he adds that the audio will not be recorded, prompting this exchange of dialog:
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== Other ==
* The entire point of [[Alan Partridge]] is his complete failure at this sort of thing. His frequent attempts at witty banter are cringe-worthy and often offensive, but hilarious in [[Cringe Comedy|a very different way]].
** His handoffs to the host of the next slot are
* Two DJs on BBC Radio 1 (Mark Radcliffe and Mark Goodier, if memory serves) often used to do the handover as "Right, witty banter, witty banter, see you tomorrow."
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