Comedy Gumbeaux Joke Generator

Pokes fun at everyday life by inflating trivial things or observing societal silliness

Setup and punchline delivered in one line

Comedy from unexpected things coupled with contradiction of logic

Personal stories that may be true or embellished

Refers to a joke previously told in the set

Differences or similarities between topics familiar to the audience

Two dissimilar ideas converging into one

Acting out the joke with voices, mannerisms, blocking, and emotion

Playful use of words and verbal wit

Play on words with double meanings

Plays on words with cliché reformations and take-offs

Delivered with impassive, expressionless, matter-of-fact presentation

Intended meaning is opposite or nearly opposite to literal meaning

Statements purposely understated for comic effect

Extravagant exaggeration and outsized characterizations

Comedy too ridiculous to be true

Unlikely situations with exaggerated characterizations and fast-paced action

Grim humor dealing with misfortune and/or death with pessimistic outlook

Off-color or risqué; relies on impropriety or indecency for comic effect

Mocks human weaknesses or aspects of society

About current events

Comic imitation to ridicule an author, artistic endeavor, or genre

Recreating a book, film or play for humor

Performers target themselves and their misfortunes for comic effect

Offensive insults directed at audience or other performers (festive abuse)

Getting back at someone who wronged you in a humorous fantasy

Mock violence and simulated bodily harm staged for comic effect

Comedy through physical actions and movements

Setup 1, setup 2, punch (must differ from 1 and 2)

Trick audience with last-second switch in point of view

Set up assumptions then break them with the punchline

Pretend to lack knowledge the audience has

Words contradict words, actions, or what audience knows

Humor arising from situations; basis of sitcoms