I don’t know if that’s true. Sometimes telegraphed events or meta commentary spoken by characters in the story can be pretty funny, and there’s little surprise in that.
Like if you have a comedic show where the characters go through a bad event, and one of them says, “at least things can’t get worse,” we already know it will. We don’t know how, so there’s some element of surprise in that, but we won’t be surprised when things do go wrong.
Plus, all surprise is out the window when you’re rewatching a comedy. You already know what’s coming, and that doesn’t necessarily make it less funny.
codycab over 3 years ago
Not even the Joker finds this funny.
rgcviper over 3 years ago
I’ll read today’s comic Saturday night. But for the record …
I just commented on Friday’s strip, with a couple of similarly corny jokes to the ones Phoebe and Marigold were telling. You’re welcome. :)
Templo S.U.D. over 3 years ago
well, all went well that ended well, right?
Concretionist over 3 years ago
Some surprises are … surprisier … than others.
andacar over 3 years ago
Comedy gold.
nsr60 over 3 years ago
Something other than a unicorn who?
Averagemoe over 3 years ago
2+2=WEED EATER
Enter.Name.Here over 3 years ago
And the essence of a JOKE is all in how you tell it.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ over 3 years ago
@Concretionist Some surprises are worth prizes. (This one doesn’t.)
Troglodyte over 3 years ago
I’m surprised that’s considered humour, so…
The Reader Premium Member over 3 years ago
Surprised? I was more shocked.
Antiyonder over 3 years ago
It’s funny cause it’s not funny. Ha ha ha (Antiyonder laughs nervously).
Mario500 over 3 years ago
“That isn’t a joke.”
(imagines a different version of this dialogue (That was not a joke))
mistie710 over 3 years ago
A unicorn once tried to joke / To an audience the joke she did spoke / The crowd were…
…so enamoured of the sight of the unicorn that the unicorn had to put up the Shield of Boringness quickly to avoid being mobbed.
Yeah, I stink at limericks!
Neo Stryder over 3 years ago
Wha-wha-wha-wha-whaaaaaaaaaaaa
CaveCat87 over 3 years ago
“So he says, ‘What are you talking about? That’s not my dog.’”
Darwinskeeper over 3 years ago
I actually liked it.
Decepticomic over 3 years ago
I don’t know if that’s true. Sometimes telegraphed events or meta commentary spoken by characters in the story can be pretty funny, and there’s little surprise in that.
Like if you have a comedic show where the characters go through a bad event, and one of them says, “at least things can’t get worse,” we already know it will. We don’t know how, so there’s some element of surprise in that, but we won’t be surprised when things do go wrong.
Plus, all surprise is out the window when you’re rewatching a comedy. You already know what’s coming, and that doesn’t necessarily make it less funny.
Why did I type all this?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 3 years ago
There are so many creatures both natural and super-natural.
Frer Squirrel over 3 years ago
This “joke” seems to be foreshadowing Marigold revealing who she is as a human. I speculate that Marigold is Phoebe’s grandmother.