Tuesday, 21 August 2007

There is a face, next muffin.


One of the essences of "Owarai", comedy-shows in English, I think, is "Ma", a pause in English. You can either spoil or upgrade your story, depending upon the timing of your pause. This guy definitely knows that timing perfectly.

"There is a face, next muffin. There is a face, next muffin. There is a face.....next muffin".

I forgot exact sketch, but I remember seeing exactly the same type of comedy skit on Japanese TV show. All that the comedian was saying were repetitive phrases again and again. But, changing the tone or duration of phrase, he made a hiralious sketch of daily scene. Who was that? A pause must be a universal key to the comedy show.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Exactly!
I think Ross Noble has comic timing down to a tee!
and I heard that almost everything he does is ad-libbed, which is pretty amazing!