A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.
Comedian Mitch Hedberg used it to give us some of the funniest mind stimulating lines. Such statements as “Someone asked me if I wanted a frozen banana and I said no but I want a banana later, so yes”; “a dog is always in the pushup position” and “I don’t have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would be really mad if she heard me say that”.
Saturday we will take a look at the life and genius of Mitch Hedburg.
Sunday I will continue a project I started a couple of weeks ago.
The 1980 movie Airplane won the Writers Guild of America Award for best Adapted Comedy. ADAPTED? FROM WHAT?
This popular movie (sixth on Bravo’s 100 Funniest Movies) was actually an adaptation of the 1957 film Zero Hour starring Dana Andrews as Ted Stryker. The original was not meant to be funny but when held up to the later edition born 23 years later, the laughs start coming.
Join us this weekend but please, don’t call me Shirley.
Don’t forget Dangerous dan-ecdotes at 7 and 9 and Jill Lane brings you up to date with what is happening in your world on the show In Your Back Yard on Saturday at 8 and Showcase New Mexico at 8 on Sunday. Pet news on Terrie Q’s Adorable Adoptable Pets Sat at 8:30 and the only radio program sponsored by a dog (Travlin’ Jack) on Sunday at 8:30, Happy Tails To You.
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