SHOW NOTES:
- Intro
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- Thanks for donations to Extra Life – beat the puzzle in 6:19:44 – still taking donations – potential video game livestream coming in a few weeks
- Last week for nominations – next week nominees will be announced for 100th episode
- Background (02:43)
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- Quipping in comics is as old as the medium itself
- “It’s hailed as a sign of wittiness, but let’s call it what it is: a mechanism for covering up the manifestations of anxiety in high-stress situations… it’s still a problem screaming for attention, and there has to be better ways to deal with it”
- Ramped up in the 60s – Stan Lee wrote almost all of his characters as witty jokesters, ESPECIALLY Spider-Man
- Spider-Man is the patron saint, so much so that if he’s NOT cracking a joke, something is horribly wrong
- Flip side is Batman – no joking, which gives his rogues gallery plenty of room to do so
- Issues (09:44)
- Barry Allen’s words shouldn’t be able to be heard by anyone except other speedsters, and even then, it’s likely violative of physics in some way
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- Obvious point – time – it’s a function of the medium, but there’s a LOT of talking during fights that shouldn’t be happening
- Wit as distraction vs Wit as humor – there is a difference between getting an opponent to respect your side or pause in debate, vs the (typical) comedic delivery in fictional prose (17:15)
- Personality and situation are key (why quips backfire in the wrong crowd) (27:15)
- Break (45:03)
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- Plugs for Freudian Sips, Cage’s Kiss, and Al Ewing
- Treatment (46:58)
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- In-universe
- Ending (60:30)
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- Next episodes: Baphomet (with guest Jered from Fantom Zone), Killer Croc, Black Adam
- Plugs for social
References:
- Talking is a Free Action – Anthony (10:06)
- Muhammad Ali – Doc (14:20)
- Armor Piercing Question – Anthony (22:20)
- But For Me, It Was Tuesday – Anthony (24:35)
- Wham Line – Anthony (26:45)
- “Things That Make You Go Hmm” by C+C Music Factory – Anthony (27:05)
- Jim Valvano/V Foundation – Doc (60:40)
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