Comedy archetype
The Absurdist
The weirder, the better.
Logic is optional. You're drawn to comedy that escalates into the surreal, breaks its own reality, and commits fully to the bit no matter how strange it gets.
Most exemplified by
The sitcom whose joke mix matches The Absurdist most closely is Community.
By the numbers
How concentrated this archetype's signature joke types are in Community, vs the baseline share across every joke we've scored.
Share in Community Baseline across all jokes
Jokes a Absurdist loves
“I once saw a baby give another baby a tattoo! They were very drunk!”
— 30 Rock
“Hey, not so fast. You owe me 38 bucks. For what? The meter was running.”
— Taxi
“Because I had worn it to their wedding. It was special to the three of us!”
— 30 Rock
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