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Re: More stupid commercials
Posted By: Ferrick, on host 207.136.168.44
Date: Thursday, February 1, 2001, at 11:50:08
In Reply To: Re: More stupid commercials posted by Grishny on Thursday, February 1, 2001, at 11:43:13:

> I don't think that the commercial would be as good if they had done it that way. As we all know, the unexpected is inherently funny (see How to be Funny, Category #2), and the unexpected intrusion into the classic Queen theme by the woman is part of the humour value of this spot. Her introduction of two extra, unwieldy syllables into the mix just makes it that much more knee-slapping gut-busting hilarious. That's what I think.
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> Grishishny

Good point. However, she is not in the scene at all until they jump to her singing. That alone is unexpected enough. The extra syllables, in my opinion, were not needed and confusing to me. If she hadn't sang it, it would have been funnier. Thus, the humor was blunted. I had to stop my hand midway on the knee slap because of it. Eating their food might bust a gut, though.

Ferrick

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