RADIO JOKES THAT DONT WORK ON TV Heres my favorite - Dennis Day buying a Christmas gift for his mother. DENNIS: (To store clerk): I like this one. What size is it? CLERK: Sir, thats a 44. DENNIS: Perfect! Wrap it up for me please. And throw in a box of bullets, too. Now on radio, you think hes buying his mother a nightgown or some other article of clothing when he asks about the size. Only when bullets are mentioned do you realize he bought her a gun, and it makes you laugh. But it wouldnt work on TV, because youd see the gun immediately. No surprise, no sudden realization youve been had, no giggles. Another is Fibber McGees closet. On radio, the sound effects man had all the items on different shelves, and he swept them to the ground one shelf after another, taking maybe 20 seconds for everything to fall. But on TV, with items falling all at once, it was over in five seconds so not nearly as funny. Any other examples of where radio trumps TV for laughs?
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 03:42:37 +0000
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