Comedy
One of the best examples of the power of the rule of three is in comedy, where it is also called a comic triple. Two is the smallest number of points needed to establish a pattern, and comedians exploit the way people's minds perceive expected patterns to throw the audience off track (and make them laugh) with the third element.
The generic three-panel daily comic strip, and Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman, as well as "a blonde, a brunette and a redhead" jokes are some more examples of the rule of three in comedy.
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Famous quotes containing the word comedy:
“The comedy of hollow sounds derives
From truth and not from satire on our lives.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.”
—Monty Pythons Flying Circus. first broadcast Sept. 22, 1970. Michael Palin, in Monty Pythons Flying Circus (BBC TV comedy series)
“All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.”
—Charlie Chaplin (18891977)