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| ===== Misdirection Humor ===== | ===== Misdirection Humor ===== |
| Below are citations/examples of silly ways of speaking via subject misdirection, to comedic effect, once the misdirection is revealed. Most if not all, will be from comedy media from the UK. | Below are citations/examples of silly ways of speaking via subject misdirection, to comedic effect, once the misdirection is revealed. Most if not all, will be from comedy media from the UK. |
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| ^ Date ^ When ^ What Show ^ Joke ^ | ^ Series ^ Episode ^ When ^ What Show ^ Joke ^ |
| | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pxBfpqIRlI|2020-1130]] | 01:04 | I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue | "You join us this week on a trip to Huddersfield in beautiful west Yorkshire. The town of Huddersfield is the 11th largest in the United Kingdom, boasting a population of 165,000. With their unfailing generous disposition and instant sunny smiles, tourists here stick out like sore thumbs." | | | 73 | 1 | 01:04 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pxBfpqIRlI|I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]] | "You join us this week on a trip to Huddersfield in beautiful west Yorkshire. The town of Huddersfield is the 11th largest in the United Kingdom, boasting a population of 165,000. With their unfailing generous disposition and instant sunny smiles, tourists here stick out like sore thumbs." | |
| | " | 02:12 | " | "This part of Yorkshire is the spiritual home of Rugby League. For those many Radio 4 listeners who won't be familiar with it, we should explain that Yorkshire is a place up north somewhere." | | | 73 | 1 | 02:12 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pxBfpqIRlI|I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]] | "This part of Yorkshire is the spiritual home of Rugby League. For those many Radio 4 listeners who won't be familiar with it, we should explain that Yorkshire is a place up north somewhere." | |
| | | 70 | 1 | 04:22 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5D4pHf2fo|I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]] | "The other week, Tim was trying to explain to his 4-year-old grandson that it's perfectly fine to wet yourself, but it didn't work; the boy's still teasing Tim about it." | |
| | | 53 | 2 | 25:14 | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5D4pHf2fo|I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]] | "We should remind listeners who are tidying their gardens this time of year, that burning piles of damp leaves can a lot of annoyance to neighbors. Another good one is to park across their drive." | |
