Verbal humour used in comedian in cars getting coffee talk show: Just tell him you’re the president

Abstract

ENGLISH: Humor is an intricate phenomenon. Therefore, the research about humor is still rare. However, the research is really necessary. In spite of its intricacy, humor is phenomenon that often occurs in daily life. It begins to be a tool for the mass entertainment. It also has many kinds, including verbal humor that are found within Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President”. The theory about verbal humor namely General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) causes it interesting to do study about verbal humor. Verbal Humour Used in Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President” was intended to do an investigation about verbal humor. The first research objective was to examine kinds of verbal humor that are found within Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President”. The second research objective was for analyzing verbal humor that are found within Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President” with GTVH. This research was qualitative. The research data was collected by using content or document analysis. The instrument employed in the study was human instrument. The classification of verbal humor by Shade (1996) was utilized to solve the first problem of the study, while the second problem of the study was solved by employing GTVH by Attardo (1994). There were findings of the study. 41 verbal humors were gathered within Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President”. The verbal humor appeared most was satire (31.7%), then joke (24.4%), riddle (12.2%), irony (12.2%), anecdote (4.9%), tall tale (4.9%), wit (4.9%), farce (2.4%) and sarcasm (2.4%). The verbal humor that were found in the talk show were analyzed by using the Knowledge Resources (KRs) from GTVH. They are Language (LA), Narrative Strategy (NS), Target (TA), Situation (SI), Logical Mechanism (LM) and Script Opposition (SO). The analysis was conducted in sequence according to the order of the KRs for the purpose of examining verbal humor from the fundamental element. INDONESIA: Humor adalah fenomena yang rumit. Dengan sebab itu, penelitian dengan topik ini masih jarang dijumpai, padahal kenyataannya sangat diperlukan. Walaupun rumit, humor adalah sebuah fenomena yang sering terjadi didalam kehidupan setiap harinya, khususnya di dunia hiburan. Humor memiliki banyak jenis. Satu diantaranya ialah humor verbal yang ditemukan dalam Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President”. General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH) menyebabkannya menarik untuk melakukan penelitian tentang humor verbal. Penelitian dengan judul Verbal Humour Used in Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President” ini bertujuan untuk menelaah humor verbal. Sasaran penelitian ini yang pertama yaitu untuk menyelidiki jenis humor verbal yang ditemukan dalam Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President”. Sementara sasaran yang kedua yaitu untuk menelaah humor verbal yang ditemukan dalam Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President” dengan GTVH. Penelitian ini memakai analisis dokumen guna mengumpulkan data. Instrumen penelitian ini juga menggunakan instrumen manusia. Klasifikasi humor verbal oleh Shade (1996) dipakai untuk memecahkan masalah pertama. Sementara soal kedua diselesaikan dengan memakai GTVH dari Attardo (1994). Ada beberapa penemuan dari penelitian ini. Didapatkan 41 humor verbal di Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee Talk Show: “Just Tell Him You’re The President”. Humor verbal yang sangat sering muncul ialah satire (31.7%), lalu joke (24.4%), riddle (12.2%), irony (12.2%), anecdote (4.9%), tall tale (4.9%), wit (4.9%), farce (2.4%) dan sarcasm (2.4%). Humor verbal ditelaah dengan memakai Knowledge Resources (KRs) dari GTVH. Mereka adalah Language (LA), Narrative Strategy (NS), Target (TA), Situation (SI), Logical Mechanism (LM) dan Script Opposition (SO). Analisa ini dikerjakan dengan berurutan sesuai dengan urutan KRs guna meneliti humor verbal dari elemen pokoknya