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Subject: Re: Playing another Devil Advocate to yours

Author:
Zangs

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Date Posted: Thu, Jul 10 2003, 17:30:12 PDT
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In reply to: Julia 's message, "Re: Playing another Devil Advocate to yours" on Thu, Jul 10 2003, 12:17:52 PDT

>So, if Colin framed the stone comment with his "usual
>riduculous silly humor" wouldn't that have been going
>for the "quick laugh". Something that many people are
>quick to blame the other performers for doing but
>always absolve Colin of.

Not if it's done creatively. Though admittedly that hasn't always been the case for Colin lately. Not all the time has he been creative.

>I guess what I'm saying is just because Colin's line
>is the last one it's always remembered as the funny
>one - no matter what anyone else has said preceeding
>him. In a way I think this is unfair to the other
>three involved in Irish Drinking Song because it
>almost makes their sole purpose being to set up Colin
>for the last line.

I agree on the unfairness but someone has to end the game and it's harder as there is more pressure on him to make it funny. I remember a taping report (probably LKK's) saying that Dan made Colin do his end line again because it's not funny enough. Another reason why the lineup should be rotated so that everyone would have a chance.

>
>Frankly with regard to the most recent IDS, it's not
>Colin's Meow's which I find funny. Although theat did
>generate a chuckle it's Drew's line "I don't know what
>to say" that really got me going and well as Ryan's
>line - if you can call it that. Frankly, the meow to
>me seems more of a desperation type thing - "I don't
>know what to say here and it got laughs the last time
>so I'm going to try it again." Personally, I think
>everyone found it so funny because we've almost been
>trained in a Pavlov's Dog type scenario to think it's
>funny as hell - Colin has the last line = funny line,
>must laugh.

I will join hands with you and say that I agree with you on the Meow IDS. I didn't think it was that funny either, along with the other IDS like the 'Blood in my stool' line and another IDS in which he said "ha ha ha". I found the fact that everyone was laughing in the Meow because the game was falling apart from the beginning and everyone just sort of releasing their laughter at the end because of that.

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