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10 Comedy Tropes To Be Outlawed in 2012

Dale Shaw | Posted 03.03.2012 | UK Comedy
Dale Shaw

Comedy is all about recognition. Michael McIntyre points out one of life's foibles. You recognise said foible, then chuckle lightly and die a little on the inside. But there is a thin, unfunny line between highlighting some hilarious, unearthed observation and lazily trotting out a creaky comedy cliché that was hackneyed when first used on Round the Horne.