Richard Pryor

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t know what it does to ’em, but they don’t move for a while.', then the trigger 'You put that on there and then they cool down.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'He fell off, man. You– You can do that. You can– You couldn’t do that. I couldn’t do that, but he could.', then the trigger 'This is relating.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'No, I can’t carry ’em ’cause the police are looking for me. No, I ain’t stole ’em, no.', then the trigger 'I ain’t no stealer, goddamn it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t know, mister, if you ever done this or not… but don’t ever put no cologne on your nuts.', then the trigger '‘Cause I didn’t know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'How are you today? Have you been to the bank yet?” I’ve had some fun.', then the trigger 'I meet some strange women, being in show business.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Do you know what? When I first got out to California– Where you boys going? No, no, no, thank you.', then the trigger 'I’m– I’m all right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I just– Thank you very much.', then the trigger 'You know, I just was thinking now that I’ve been off drugs… I wanted to relate something to you.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'They get it and then they satisfied. Talk to me like a woman. No, but this theater is something special.', then the trigger 'What, the man taking tickets?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is meta-humor with incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '”Hey, yeah, sure, the cosmos, yeah. Study it often, you know.” And we got ready to make love, man.', then the trigger 'She was naked and stuff.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You know, like one spot ain’t good enough. No, let’s– Over here. Get a little on your shoes.', then the trigger 'You wake up in your garage.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You don’t think they do. Like if you’re with a guy and you plan on– First date, right?', then the trigger 'You might give him a shot tonight.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '– I don’t like him. I love him. – Hey, he’s just the most, man.', then the trigger '– I think he’s the comedian of the ’80s.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'We want Richard! We want Richard! We want Richard! We want Richard! We want Richard! We want Richard! We want Richard!', then the trigger 'We want Richard!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I thought that was cool. Me and my friends would go around and talk to him. ”Say something to Motif.', then the trigger 'Come on.” Hey, Motif!.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t wanna get it.” ”You gonna be all right, Rich?” ”This is it, Jack. I’m in love now.', then the trigger 'Just don’t come around no more.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is meta-humor with incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '– He’s an artist. – He’s like being at a party. – It’s like he’s telling the truth.', then the trigger '– I like everything about Richard Pryor.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I didn’t think that they were on dope or nothin’. I thought they were cool.', then the trigger '‘Cause I had friends like– I had a friend, Motif.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Richard Pryor will make me laugh until I cry. – I just I love his humor. – He can make anything funny.', then the trigger 'He hits home.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'No, I did, ’cause I knew I had 1 4, 1 5 inches.', then the trigger 'And I was in the bathroom one day, taking a piss.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause we must be good all the time if we can get good for a little while.', then the trigger 'But don’t take my word for it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’ll come back tomorrow.” Women know they got the pussy, man. They know we like it too. They know it.', then the trigger 'I mean, they know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But when I stopped, I noticed something real strange, man.', then the trigger 'I noticed about the fourth month… that my dick was smaller than I thought.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s where they scrape the pussy out… and just leave the box that it came in.', then the trigger 'Me and her got along real good, you know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'About four– twenty white people. That’s right, and nine or ten of them Japanese… and whatever they was, mixed-up people.', then the trigger 'They was out there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'How’s your mama? You ever go home drunk and you try to get to your bed… and the house moves?', then the trigger 'You know, it just moves.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Sit with ’em a little while. Talk to ’em. Most people you talk to, they’s intelligent. Most people, as I said.', then the trigger 'Thank you, Mudbone.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'The damnedest time I ever had, man. Yeah, I ain’t going back there no more. I left there.', then the trigger 'I had fun, but I left there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'What do you mean?” I was readin’ something in the paper or– What, Libya? Are we fighting Libya yet or somethin’?', then the trigger 'I don’t know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Oh, don’t snatch it. Wait a minute. I know he’s white. Give him a break. Oh, what is that?', then the trigger 'What is that called, sir?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Make ’em drunk or somethin’. I don’t know.', then the trigger 'I remember one time we was out of ointment… and Jesus gave me some of his cologne.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t know what you gonna put in it. Be out there, liable to put your dick in it or somethin’.', then the trigger 'No, that’s all right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I told him, I said, ”Bobby, I ain’t going to jail for nobody.” You dig?', then the trigger 'I done told on too many people up there.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I really am. This is a beautiful theater. Well, thank you. Thank you, baby. Going to– You gonna out-drunk each other?', then the trigger 'Sho’ you right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Quick, but all day, right? Pardon me, miss. And I’m sober. I’m not doing drugs. That’s a damn good accomplishment.', then the trigger 'See, I stopped drinking.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Well, nice meeting ya. I’ll just be right– I’ll be out here.', then the trigger 'If you’re interested, I’ll be right outside here.” Then you get mad.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It’d be beautiful, man. And white people start asking you questions then. ”What are they saying? What are they talkin...', then the trigger 'What’s going on?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I said, ”Oh, Lordy, Lordy, please!” I said, ”Chocolate, help me. My nuts are on fire!” I said, ”Blow on it, Chocolate!', then the trigger 'Blow on it!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '”That’s a good idea, asshole.', then the trigger 'And put some water on me too, schmuck.” I’m gonna get him some– Can we put this in something?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And damn Jesus, he flushed the toilet! My balls was hanging down there in the toilet.', then the trigger 'And that water was pullin’ them too, real hard.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Had a nice lady friend. She was good to me.', then the trigger 'We never did no sex or nothin’ ’cause she had a ”rectomy.” You know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward '“A monkey can do that.” Guess that’s why they hired him. See, I’ve lived through hard times before.', then the trigger 'People talk about these as hard times.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I saw two cheetahs. It looked like they were talkin’… about jumpin’ on some gazelle.', then the trigger '“You want to go after that herd?” “Say, nah.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I asked this one. “Why did you kill everybody in the house?” The guy said, “They was home.” I mean.', then the trigger 'Do you hear me?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Her sweet breasts smelled like Carnation milk. That’s how tender she was. I liked her, too, you see.', then the trigger 'She had a little liking to me.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'He’s got a pair of gagoozies on him, huh? Goddamn.” They like to hug you and rub you.', then the trigger '“Come here.” And grab your face.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Give signals You know they can’t talk. And the buffalo saw one of them, right?', then the trigger 'He tipped away from the rest of the herd.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'She said, “I really like the way you do those little kids in your act.', then the trigger 'Can you talk like a little kid?” I said.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause I feel the tension from you all. You all want me to do so well.', then the trigger 'I want to do so well for you.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Here’s the money for a cab.” But now, it’s different when you’re married.', then the trigger 'This is about the time I’ve been married… and it’s really exciting.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m ashamed of myself.', then the trigger 'I’m sorry I bust in your house.” “I knew it was you, boy.” I don’t know why I would steal.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Plug that in.” That’s how you be sayin’. “I works on the camera crew.” I say.', then the trigger '“What you do?” “Plug in the thing.” I say.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You know… seeing all these beautiful black men in the joint. Goddamn warriors should be out there helping the masses.', then the trigger 'I felt that way.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You’ll go there and you’ll get ideas.', then the trigger 'That’s the way black people in America should be… walking around with sticks.” You’ll get the wrong idea.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'We’d get up there. I’d make her put a little on her face… and she relaxed. When she relaxed.', then the trigger 'I started rubbin’ all over her.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Not me personally. I went to do a film in a penitentiary. I was up there six weeks. Arizona State Penitentiary.', then the trigger 'It was some… Oh.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Don’t you see?” “Yes, dear. I’m going for a walk.” “A walk? I wanna tight!” One night.', then the trigger 'I left the house about 137 times.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Funk is my shadow. Funk be just hanging all over me, talkin’ about… “Hey. Don’t wash.” Then finally.', then the trigger 'My old lady called Jim Brown up.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I said… “Maybe I ain’t funny no more.', then the trigger 'Maybe I ain’t angry at nothin’ tor real in my heart, you know.” I’d just say.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m on to something here. I bet Dad don’t know about this.” And then when you was young, remember.', then the trigger 'Men… We didn’t come or nothin’.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I get mad, I can’t even talk. The madder I get, the quieter I get.', then the trigger 'My voice just goes down a notch, especially… “Well.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Duke Ellington had written a tune about her. That’s what she used to dance to and act. She was beautiful.', then the trigger 'She was 60 then.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I watched this boy, Rich. He used to come by. Leave me a dollar here. Fifty cents there.', then the trigger 'He was all right, you know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Goin’ home with a Playboy bunny! We was gonna have a nice little midnight snack. I went to her apartment.', then the trigger 'Her apartment was bad!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'If any of you doin’ it… you ain’t gonna believe this, but if you’ve been doing it… longer than two weeks.', then the trigger 'You’re a junkie.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Well, this guy’s gonna be easy to find.', then the trigger 'He’s gonna show up to the hospital sooner or later.” They always put that shotgun on you.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Goddamn.” Then they take you in the room and get you in the tub… with solutions.', then the trigger 'And you sit in the tub and say… “Yeah.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just do a little.” “I feel funny. I mean… okay. Like, when I do this? Like that?” She said, “Yeah.” I say.', then the trigger '“You like that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Huh?” And she started taking off clothes. And the more clothes she took off. The younger I got.', then the trigger 'When she got to her panties.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Let me have this last autograph.” And Jim was in the hospital every day when I was getting well.', then the trigger 'He’d be there every day.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So there was money in the family. I was a lucky black child… ’cause I never went through no hard times.', then the trigger 'It was hard.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I kept staying. I grew some. It can happen. It it happened to me. It could happen to you.', then the trigger 'She’s wonderful about expressing yourself.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And got up: “I’m gonna get you. Make me look bad” We picked up a hitchhiker one day.', then the trigger 'An African man got in the car.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'We’re gonna put you in the tub… and it’s gonna be all right.” I said, “I’m not worried.', then the trigger 'Put my ass in the tub.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'People didn’t understand me. The pipe’d say. “Come in the room with me. I got you covered. I know how you feel.', then the trigger 'Light me up.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Then you got to beg some more in the car. You ain’t gonna stop beggin’.', then the trigger 'As long as he’s got breath in his body.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Hold me tor a couple of days. And we’ll talk it over.” I’m talking about a year later, jack.', then the trigger 'I’m talking about… I’m drawn up.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You go, “Willie the wino! Get down, Willie!” This was. I don’t know. Special to me, man.', then the trigger 'I went to the jungle, the real jungle.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I remember this one.', then the trigger 'Richard Pryor running down the street.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'What I’m sayin’… What the point I’m tryin’ to make is… that there is no point to be made.', then the trigger 'That’s all that there is.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I was sitting on the bed, and somebody said… “Richard, the bed’s on tire!” I said.', then the trigger 'The bed’s on fire?” It’s a weird disease.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That word’s dead. We’re men and women. We come from the first people on the Earth.', then the trigger 'The first people on the Earth were black people.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Hey, let’s get some broads. ‘ A little motel we had set up. You remember that, Johnny? We take him around.', then the trigger 'He gets kinda stoned.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So I can’t show no pain. I gotta show my strength. Try to get well.” I was doing real well.', then the trigger '‘Cause nature is wonderful.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Hard times was way back. They didn’t even have a year for it.', then the trigger 'Just called it “Hard Times.” It was dark all the time.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And I found the place. There’s 500 people live where I live. And they’re brown.', then the trigger 'I like that because you can sleep at night.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause you live around white people in the country, anything can happen. Not that I don’t trust white people.', then the trigger 'It’s just in the night.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I said, ‘Johnny Salami. What do I do? ‘ Johnny says, ‘Wait till it melts, asshole.’ Those were the good old days.', then the trigger 'What’s the matter.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Richard Pryor: What? I can’t hear you, can you all get a spokesman. Wait a minute.', then the trigger 'What did you say, I couldn’t hear you, babe.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And you could hear him in the tree [monkey sound effects], sometimes far away [distant monkey sound effects].', then the trigger 'Sometimes up front [monkey sound effects].' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'First I was… I was… I was in the kitchen, okay.', then the trigger 'Then… then… Then when I was in the kitchen, do you know what happened?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'The burglar go, they go, you can’t leave. I want to play.', then the trigger 'And that’s how you find the burglar when you get home, right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You go [swooshing]. Make you start crying before you get in the house [swooshing]. Mamma, I’m sorry [inaudible]!', then the trigger 'Mamma please, mamma please, mamma please, [inaudible]!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I don’t want to never see no more police in my life, at my house, taking', then the trigger 'my ass to jail, for killing my car.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Them big red boys? Used to hang in the bathroom, hold eight gallons of water.', then the trigger 'My grandmother used to call it a hot water bottle.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But Richard, you had roaches just like everybody else. And they’s good, too, wasn’t they, honey?', then the trigger 'My Father taught me about like the great outdoors.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'That’s right, run. Why get killed when you can… run!', then the trigger 'That’s right, a lot of people get a ass whipping, and you could run.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'Anyone here remember them switches?', then the trigger 'Richard Pryor: Right, you used to have to get off the trees… yourself… and take them leaves like that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Going [sound effect]. He was still going [sound effect].', then the trigger 'You go to Chinatown, they get mad if you don’t eat all the food, right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'N*gger’s will be talking about buddy this. You want to buddy something, buddy up on this here.', then the trigger 'Black men will grab them dicks, jack.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '(crunch, crunch… crunch, crunch) [Whispering] There he is. Beautiful, ain’t it? Give me the rifle.', then the trigger 'The rifle I gave you back at the car.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And my Father was an honest person. I mean, he’d say anything that was on his mind.', then the trigger 'Like he… he was a brutally honest man.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'My grandmother said, boy, go get me something to beat your ass with.', then the trigger 'And that would be the longest walk in the world, right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I serve no purpose other than to kill your ass.', then the trigger 'I’ll be moving from side to side, down your groin and up your ass.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'And he had like a little gas heater on the floor, and they turned it on, and', then the trigger 'they didn’t have no matches, and they died.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Get all ugly in the face, you be [gesturing]. Toes be talking about [gesturing]. And you go, how was it, baby?', then the trigger 'The woman go, [gesturing].' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Soon as you get in the hospital they want some blood, and some piss.', then the trigger 'You always have the blood, but you never have the piss.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Yes, ma’am, I’m not lying, named Ginger. A friend of mine, Burt Sugarman, gave me this horse.', then the trigger 'He helped me produce my TV shows.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Say, oh, I know-you ain’t- gonna do it-no more, cause-you shouldn’t have-done it – the first', then the trigger 'time when I told you-not to do it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And she came, too, right. She says, oh, oh, oh, I’m coming! [sound effects] “Close Encounters…” melody She say, how w...', then the trigger 'I say [gesturing].' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I just got tired of them ass whoopings, right. I said, this is it.', then the trigger 'I’m not taking no more ass whooping, This is it.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Ladies, you won’t, will you, the women. Say, you want to go to the bathroom out here, baby.', then the trigger 'No, too much, look, no, un-un.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'This dude was really stuttering in Chinese. Talking about [sound effect].', then the trigger 'And his friends was getting mad at him, trying to help his ass, right.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Just get going, come on. Had a little pain in my heart there, I thought I was having another heart attack.', then the trigger 'I said, what.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Be happy for any n*gger doing any thing.', then the trigger 'Right, cause there ain’t nobody ever said the heavyweight champion had to be no entomologist, anyway.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'And I had a fight with my father one time, you know.', then the trigger 'It wasn’t exactly a fight, but I did the best I could.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I’m really nervous, ’cause l ain’t had no cocaine all day.', then the trigger 'I don’t know what I’m going to talk about, but I have a list.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause I use to eat with a white friend of mine, Dickey Lemon, had a white friend. White folks eat quiet.', then the trigger 'I learned that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Oh, you’re not… ah you’re certainly not looking that long. I mean its not true what they say about colored guys.', then the trigger 'People believe that.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I want you to suck the, little bitch.” Had some beautiful stories, man. I always had fun being black.', then the trigger 'I guess y’all never know.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But that’s the price ya pay for being white. ‘Cause it’s hard being white, it ain’t easy.', then the trigger 'You have to be a certain kinda dude.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Bla Bla-la.” “Look man, where you goin’? Which way, you know what I mean?', then the trigger '‘Cause I don’t need to be walkin’ which you, man.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'So we ain’t go to be worried about that.', then the trigger 'N i g g e rs was hip, they’d help y’all get to the moon.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Right, they always say that. “Don’t come in me.” “Oh, no-siree-bob I never come. It’s not my thing.', then the trigger 'It’s not how I get my kicks.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '‘Cause fightin’ was serious. Ya know, n i g g e rs could fight. I never could fight, man.', then the trigger 'But I had a cool run.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin’ is the first stand-up act of Richard Pryor to be filmed out', then the trigger 'of the four that were released in total.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I gotta be cool when you be on film. N i g g a gotta have belt in loop.', then the trigger 'Is my make-up looking OK?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You ain’t do that for me.” “I’m gonna do it wit you, boy. I’m gonna walk with ya.', then the trigger '‘Cause I believe you got potential.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'You’re just not funny, Dickey.” Thank you, Mom. You fool around? Ah, so, uh… any requests?', then the trigger 'If this mirror, well I looking in this mirror.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is superiority.

The setup points the reader toward 'Well goddamn, I’m-a come on. What, you wash your hands, boy? Yea, the n i g g e r’s hands wash, mamma.', then the trigger 'We’re ready t’eat.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'One of my great-great grandparents was white. I’m sure of it.', then the trigger '‘Cause I know I didn’t look like this when I came from Africa.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I went down there, spent my money. I was in Mexico City, right across from the Garcia Hotel.', then the trigger 'Poncho come out an’ recognize me, man.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'Get off the street, boy! Look at the n i g g e r.', then the trigger '‘Fore you get run over, boy, get outta the way!' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'It was, though. It was exciting.', then the trigger 'I’m glad I’m black, ’cause, I’d hate to be white, ’cause y’all got to go to the moon.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'N i g g e r saw that white, damn near kilt me. See that boy over there in the street?', then the trigger 'See that boy?' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward '“You colored guys really have big ones, don’t you?” “Yea, wanna see, it’s…” I’d expose myself', then the trigger 'but too many white ladies in the audience.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But it’s exciting, man, being black, because being white ain’t very exciting, ’cause the best you can', then the trigger 'do when you white is go to heaven.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I ‘member when her son, Jesus, was born ’cause her husband Joe damn near killed ‘er.', then the trigger '‘Cause she told him God made a baby.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'And I think it’s communistic to assume that American’s move their bowels.” Ya know Nixon don’t come,', then the trigger 'right, you know, if he does, he apologizes.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'I could have been prejudice. I, I could have been prejudice.', then the trigger 'I could’ve been, man, but I met nice white men, “Hello, little boy.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is benign-violation.

The setup points the reader toward 'That don’t mean nothin’ to me. I lives around here. I’m in charge of this district. I directs traffic every day.', then the trigger 'I handles these peoples.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.

The setup points the reader toward 'But I like white women with big titties.', then the trigger 'You know, ’cause they have titties that have skin when you rip their clothes off, “Bitch!” Rip.' forces a reinterpretation. The main mechanism is incongruity-resolution.