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	Surreal humour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Surreal humour is a form of humour based on bizarre juxtapositions, absurd situations, and nonsense logic.
		Probably the most common form of surreal humour is the non-sequitur, in which one statement is followed by another with no logical progression, as in the jokes below.
		In the 1960s, surrealist humour was combined with counter-culture in movements such as the Youth International Party, Situationism, and Discordianism and in the work of psychedelic musicians such as The Beatles, Frank Zappa, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Pink Floyd, and Captain Beefheart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Surreal_humour (777 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> humour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A sense of humour is the ability to experience humour, a quality which all people share, although the extent to which an individual will personally find something humorous depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including, but not limited to geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education and context.
		The term "humour" as formerly applied in comedy referred to the interpenetration of the sublime and the ridiculous.
		For this reason humour is often a subjective experience as it depends on a special mood or perspective from its audience to be effective.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/humour (1398 words)

	Surrealism
		Surrealism is an artistic movement, and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of ''the unconscious''.
		The term ''surreal'' is also applied more generally to describe the juxtaposition of ordinary events, actions or objects in a manner where the totality does not comport with ordinary ''sense'' or social decorum.
		The definition and construction of the surreals is due to John Conway, and exemplifies Conway's characteristic notational cleverness and originality.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/195/surrealism.html (1156 words)

	Bristol & Solar Wind
		If the basis of a comic is humour then it has to be pant-wettingly funny throughout, if it is not then the stories have to be engaging.
		For the most part the strips in here are more obscure and surreal than funny and of a level of humour that you grow out of when you are 11.
		It is a great shame that the creators of the comic strips in here have mistaken silliness for humour in their approach, so despite my appreciate for the free cosmic rod I have to say that I do not think this comic deserved to win.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /real/108635524752756,print.htm (689 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Recreation : Humor
		Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to evoke feelings of amusement in other people.
		A sense of humour is the ability to experience humour, a quality which all people share, although the extent to which an individual will personally find something humourous depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including, but not limited to geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education and context.
		Americans visiting Australia have gained themselves a reputation for gullibility and a lack of a sense of humour by not recognising that tales of kangaroos hopping across the Sydney Harbour Bridge exemplify the propensity for this style of leg-pulling.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Recreation-Humor.shtml (1443 words)

	Surreal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Surreal numbers, a superset of the real numbers in mathematics
		Surreal (game mod), a mod for the Battlefield video game series
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Surreal (103 words)

	National & International Humour : General Talk Forum - Travellerspoint
		I think that some cultures have dryer senses of humour than other, or more sarcastic, or more goofy....but I think a sense of humour is as unique as a person...it doesn't always have to do with cultural surroundings.
		I equate a dry sense of humour with brits, but I have some friends who have that kind of humour and have lived here in Canada all their lives.
		There may not be a global convergence of humour trends, but there are some international figures that do transcend their own culture to become the butt of jokes literally told around the world.
	www.travellerspoint.com /forum.cfm?thread=12028 (858 words)

	CNN.com - Official! World's funniest joke - Oct. 3, 2002
		One intriguing result was that Germans -- not renowned for their sense of humour -- found just about everything funny and did not express a strong preference for any type of joke.
		Many European countries, such as France, Denmark and Belgium, displayed a penchant for off-beat surreal humour, while Americans and Canadians preferred jokes where there was a strong sense of superiority -- either because a character looks stupid or is made to look stupid by someone else.
		"Humour is vital to communication and the more we understand about how people's culture and background affect their sense of humour, the more we will be able to communicate effectively.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest (511 words)

	screenonline: Milligan, Spike (1918-2002) Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		was to refer to him as "the great god of us all", for Milligan's anarchic and surreal humour played a vital role in transforming and reinvigorating British comedy in the postwar era, exerting a profound influence on his contemporaries and on a generation of comedians to come.
		He began his performing career as a musician before and during the war (he learnt to play the guitar, trumpet, piano and drums as a teenager), and between bouts of active service in North Africa and Italy he played with a variety of bands.
		series in 1982 (the last television series he would make), that he declared himself to be "the leper of the light entertainment industry", claiming that the industry was no longer interested in his brand of humour.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/499582 (583 words)

	ersatz-sprocket penis monologues sands: Styles or techniques Humans
		Sick Jokes, arousing humour through grotesque, violent or exceptionally cruel scenarios Riddle Irony, where a statement or situation implies both a superficial and a concealed meaning which are at odds with each other.
		Surreal humour or absurdity Practical joke: luring someone into a humorous position or situation and then laughing at their expense Form-versus-content humour Funny pictures: Photos or drawings/cartoons that are intentionally or unintentionally humorous.
		Anti-humour Deliberate ambiguity and confusion with reality, often performed by Andy Kaufman Unintentional humour, that is, making people laugh without intending to (as with Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space) Character Driven, deriving humour from the way characters act in specific situations, without punchlines.
	ersatz-sprocket.blogspot.com /2005/12/styles-or-techniques-humans.html (177 words)

	Blogcritics.org: The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
		Not only is this novel surreal, it's also a piss-take of the nerdy pseudoscientific novel with copius footnotes and references to the guru de Selby.
		The surreal (not absurd!) humour employed by Monty Python and Co. is directly traceable back to Flann O'Brien, (via the Goon Show - Spike Milligan cites F. O'B as his main inspiration).
		I think it's one of the masterpieces of surreal humour, with a dark edge and a light touch - the dialogue is a brilliant evocation of, and hilarious exaggeration of, the language and peculiar logic employed by local officialdom not just in rural Ireland in the 40's, but recognisable as a universal archetye.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2004/08/09/092058.php (1053 words)

	40-oz Warriors - DNN - Vodka Ad Ruled 'offensive' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It said the poster was meant to be a "humorous, visual pun and was part of a campaign using surreal humour depicting the improbable and bizarre".
		In answer, Guinness said the image was so surreal and extreme it would not prompt people to copy the behaviour or drink excessively.
		But the authority decided otherwise and, although it accepted the man was wearing underwear, most members of the public would believe he was not and so the poster was likely to cause offence.
	www.40oz-warriors.com /news?news_id=141 (186 words)

	The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin - an infinity plus review
		The title alone, though leading you gently by the hand, doesn't really prepare you for this hugely enjoyable detective thriller written in the inimitable Rankin style, and it has to said, it will not convert you, unless of course you are way inclined to surreal humour.
		Rankin's humour and style is harsher, not so commercially viable as Pratchett's, which is why the Discworld King overshot him, sales-wise.
		Rankin is for me, though, superior, with his surreal approach to storylines, wonderful wordplay and offbeat humour.
	www.infinityplus.co.uk /nonfiction/bunnies.htm (496 words)

	surreal - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Phrases that include surreal: surreal gourmet, surreal humour, surreal software, the surreal gourmet
		Words similar to surreal: dreamlike, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, surrealistic, surreally, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=surreal&ls=a (201 words)

	Goodies, The - Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor
		This show may be dated fashion- and special effects-wise, but the humour is still as original and hilarious as ever.
		The Pythons aimed at adults, The Goodies at children, but for all their surface differences they shared a similar surreal Goons inspired wit, with an emphasis on wonderfully inventive sight gags.
		As the thirtieth anniversary of the Goodies loomed in the year 2000, there were rumours of a special 'Goodies night' on BBC2 to celebrate the wonderfully anarchic (and hugely influential) surreal humour of this timeless comedy team.
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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on 1066 and All That at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The authors obviously have a deep appreciation of English History, and the book is funnier the more you know about it.
		The humour is extremely surreal and would appeal to people with very warped mentalities.
		It’s the sort of humour that can only be explained properly by quoting it.
	www.epinions.com /content_117129318020 (660 words)

	BBC News \| TV AND RADIO \| Parsons toasts a 'comic icon'
		It was surreal, different and amazing and he created a whole new attitude towards humour.
		I would compare him with the great nonsense man Edward Lear who, in the 18th century, broke the mould with his wonderful nonsense verse.
		They both had a wonderful, surreal humour which was able to make nonsense sound like sense.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1844568.stm (440 words)

	Run Lola Run movie review by Jim Eadon
		A girl with dyed red hair gets a desperate gobsmacking phonecall from her boyfriend requiring a nigh on impossible favour or he is deeper in the manure than unhatched alligator eggs.
		We Brits like to laugh at the Germans for not having a sense of humour, but they must have one.
		It's played straight, it's not a comedy, but there are some moments of such surreal humour that the I laughed out loud at some points.
	www.eadon.com /movies/runlolarun.php (313 words)

	Jeffrey (1995)
		A member of that much maligned genre - serious comedy - Jeffrey is often inspired as it merges a straightforward message with surreal humour.
		The title character, Jeffrey (Steven Weber), has a problem in that he's gay and loves sex yet he's totally fed up with the whole palaver of "safe sex".
		Besides, the central theme, that a life lived in fear is no life at all, is relevant to all and well worth heeding.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Jeffrey.html (614 words)

	Green Wing - Cinephiliacs Movie Forum
		Very surreal fl humour, funny Friday night stuff.
		But there's a character in this that is the funniest, driest, slightly unstable, horny bit of skirt I think I've ever seen on TV.
		She's even a bit of a dragon but is still the sexiest tart on the box, and it's all down to her superb timing, dirty mouth and sense of humour.
	www.cinephiliacs.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=1430 (225 words)

	Powered Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Rock's high-tide mark, an intoxicating blend of symbolism, surreal humour, romance and Chicago blues, brewed in a Nashville studio with musicians attuned to the virtuoso simplicities of country music.
		Dylan's move into more surreal poetics and his decision to "go electric" met unparalleled success in "Maggie's Farm", "Mr Tambourine Man" and "It's Alright, Ma".
		In which Dylan grabs rock n' roll's baton and races forward with it: a dizzying whirl of words borne along full-tilt on some of the sharpest blues-rock licks ever embedded in vinyl.
	www.icemagazine.com /forums/msgs.cfm?msg=148505&forum=1 (1550 words)

	Darkside / Lightside - May Impair Your Ability To Operate Machinery
		It's just started, but I'm sure it will soon be full of musical goodness, his trademark surreal humour, and probably a load of geeky computer stuff too, him being a fellow computer science student.
		That was surreal comedy goodness of the first degree.
		Oh, and you'd have to have the same sort of sense of humour and like similar stuff to me.
	gubbins.blogspot.com /2001_07_01_gubbins_archive.html (3211 words)

	Dig this (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I picked up the telephone one November morning to be asked, first, did I have a sense of humour, and second, would I be prepared to appear on television with Eddie Izzard??
		Now, as it happens, I’m a big fan of Izzard, and I can hardly be accused of being media-shy.
		Amanda put this episode down to Eddie’s surreal humour being contagious.
	www.auntiemomo.com /cakeordeath/shovel.html (369 words)

	The Official James Web Site : Re: 11 Things You Didn't Know About PSH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Your attempt at surreal humour is, franky, awful.
		: Your attempt at surreal humour is, franky, awful.
		NFQ : : : : In honour of our "newest" forum participant, I'd like to shout a big gay hello and present this lowdown on someone who's quickly finding a place in our hearts*.
	jamestheband.com /interactive/messageboard/DisplayMessage.cfm?ID=44666 (633 words)

	DVD Times - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This review is going to use many exclamation marks, and that essentially sums up Monty Python - clever, almost surreal humour that you will either love or hate.
		A few of the sketches are more tedious than funny, but this is the same as any comedy, and at times some of the humour might be too in-jokey and in-your-face for some prudes, but this is arguably the point of Python humour.
		As the film's hilarity lies in its unpredictable humour, fans will delight at the news that the abundance of extras all follow suit, and are both surreal and hilarious.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=5024 (1935 words)

	A colourful and (reasonably) anarchic page
		Humour: Offbeat; I tend to like satire (from
		Tom Lehrer onwards) and surreal humour (from Monty Python onwards).
		Cartoons: By and large I don't go in for cartoons, but I quite like Helen and the wonderfully surreal Steven Appleby.
	serf.org /jon/fun.html (958 words)

	The world's funniest joke?
		THE world’s funniest joke was unveiled by scientists today at the end of the largest study of humour ever undertaken.
		For the past year people around the world have been invited to judge jokes on an internet site as well as contribute quips of their own.
		One intriguing result was Germans - not renowned for their sense of humour - found just about everything funny.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/762408/posts (3291 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| BBC celebrates comic DJ Everett
		Kenny Everett took his surreal humour to television audiences
		Digital radio station BBC7 is to broadcast archive material from zany DJ Kenny Everett thanks to a deal with a commercial radio station.
		Everett teamed up with Dave Cash for a breakfast show before unleashing his humour on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4548676.stm (265 words)

	If You Go Out to the Barn Tonight . . . You Better Not Go Alone - IV on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Somehow this reminds me of Primus' album art, without the blatant humour.
		Not that this isn't without humour, just that this is a bit darker...
		The lighting is great, the characters crisp, real and at the same time surreal, the humour fl.
	www.flickr.com /photos/xylonets/70971254 (301 words)

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