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<node TEXT="Three Rs" POSITION="right">
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<node TEXT="legitimately achieve outstanding accomplishment"/>
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<node TEXT="Map for success" POSITION="left">
<node TEXT="Consistency &amp; targeted material"/>
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<node TEXT="Material"/>
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<node TEXT="Double Entendre" FOLDED="true">
<node TEXT="Clich&#xe9; Reform"/>
<node TEXT="Take Off"/>
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<node TEXT="Switch POV"/>
<node TEXT="Triples">
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<node TEXT="Framework for exaggerated finale"/>
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<node TEXT="Incongruity that pairs two logical but unconventional ideas"/>
<node TEXT="Stupidy to encourage superiority in audience"/>
<node TEXT="Paired phrases that utilize the rhythm of antonyms, homonyms and synonyms"/>
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<node TEXT="Cover embarassment" FOLDED="true">
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<node TEXT="Individual humour aims upward - authority"/>
<node TEXT="Group humour aims downward - other groups"/>
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<node TEXT="Vent hostility"/>
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<node TEXT="Victims try to maintain dignity in bizarre circumstances"/>
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<node TEXT="Gain approval"/>
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<node TEXT="Configurational">
<node TEXT="Disjointed joins"/>
<node TEXT="Mystery solved"/>
<node TEXT="Filling in blanks"/>
<node TEXT="Show our intelligence"/>
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<node TEXT="Psychoanalysis"/>
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<node TEXT="Anatomy of humour" POSITION="left">
<node TEXT="Target">
<node TEXT="Me"/>
<node TEXT="Celebrities"/>
<node TEXT="Places"/>
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<node TEXT="Hostility">
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<node TEXT="Sexual frustration"/>
<node TEXT="Intrusion of authority"/>
<node TEXT="Financial concerns"/>
<node TEXT="Angst, powerlessness"/>
<node TEXT="Insecurity of appearance"/>
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<node TEXT="&quot;In stand-up, a funny man does material, not a man doing funny material. The personality, the character, not the joke, is primary.&quot; -- Woody Allen"/>
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<node TEXT="Pregnant Pause"/>
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<node TEXT="Do you remember..."/>
<node TEXT="How many here..."/>
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<node TEXT="Triples"/>
<node TEXT="Jokes leading to jokes"/>
<node TEXT="Working the audience"/>
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<node TEXT="Taking an idiom literally">
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