Family Feud

I think Family Feud is one of my favorite game shows that play on television. I am not a huge fan of this genre of TV just because it is so repetitive and after watching a few episodes I get the point and I'm over it. That being said, I definitely watch Family Feud more than any of the other TV game shows. I think this is because of the aspects of the show that Connor points out, like how the contestants have to make things up on the spot and how the host makes funny comments back to them. I also enjoy trying to come up with my own answers and seeing how well I can play the game, most game shows struggle being able to give the viewers at home time to answer the questions for themselves before revealing the answer because it makes the show drag too long. I really enjoy how Family Feud makes it so I can play along. Also, the incongruity theory in this specific video is highly present. He has no idea what to say by the end of the time so he goes with something so random and hilarious. Like the host hinted, it was probably the worst answer to give to that question.

I enjoyed this clip!

Wipe Out - Response to Kendall's Blog

Physical humor is always an easy laugh as watching people fall is something people find inherently funny. When you watch someone fall, you go through a range of emotions. First, shock. You are surprised that the situation is taking place, even if you're expecting someone to fall, the actual moment when it happens is always a shocker. Next, you laugh. It's funny to watch someone hurt themselves. It is relieving that it isn't you, and you can relate, as we have all fallen on our faces once in our lives. Lastly, guilt. If you have a working conscience, you will feel guilty for laughing at someone else's misfortune until you know for certain that they weren't seriously injured, and even still. I think the TV show Wipe Out monopolizes on this process, and uses it to entertain audiences with something that actually isn't that entertaining. I think they know that they are doing this as they add ridiculous commentary and replays throughout. The subject matter just isn't very dense, and it feels even more shallow to me as the commentators are just narrating the falls. While I can't say I wasn't entertained, and I watched the entire video with ease, I couldn't help but think about how there was such little substance in the subject matter. It also baffles me that people actual sign up for this. It looks super painful :( All in all, I understand physical humor, and I can't say that it isn't funny, but I prefer something a little more substantial rather than just the basic "people fall and we laugh" thing.

Responce to Cawood's Blog

I think animal humor is one of my favorite kinds of modern comedy because it is so innocent. No one gets hurt watching animals doing their thing. I really enjoyed the two videos Cawood posted. My favorite part in the long video was the groundhog that was saying "Alan!" because it was so repetitive. I loved how he kept popping up between other scenes. I think the idea for this video is so clever. BBC realized that they had a lot of boring footage of animals just hanging out and living their lives and decided to make something funny out of it. I have always wondered what companies that make animal/nature films do during their off time while animals aren't doing anything, and I think this would lend itself to a good downtime activity. Giving personalities to things that can't tell us how they are feeling always makes me laugh and I'm sure that would fill the empty time editing through a bunch of empty animal footage. On that note, I feel like filming animals like this is similar to filming the Kardashians. They have to sort through a bunch of empty footage. I think it would be hilarious to do something like a Bad Lip Reading to the Kardashians. It would be similar to a video like this.

Unexpected humor like this is really why this was successful. When you click on the video you aren't sure what you're going to get unless you already know about it, and in that case you know it's going to be funny. As Cawood pointed out, this is a perfect example of incongruity theory.