Piece of text that I analysed - Russell Howard's good news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHWQJKAPc-0 - first 2 minutes.

Russell Howards Good news is introduced to us with a very simple comedy sketch, when he says "Ground breaking news for dieters"- then the man in the sketch says, "never eat a cupcake  as big as your head" - this could be seen as funny because it's quite obvious, however, it's silly because of the enormous size of the cupcake.

Then Russell Howard suggests that Kate Burley in the newsroom is talking about a Penis and you see her talking to her colleague. She's obviously not talking about a penis but because of the sexual connotation in the way she is talking it makes it very funny to the audience,  for example, "How big is it? Why have you got one and why I haven't? Can I have a play with it?"

The next item Russell talks about is snow in the news. He introduces it by referring to it all as a carry on film, again with sexual connotations as he talks about "inches" and "Back passage" this will make the sketch funnier. Also he mentions a woman who has been left in the snow since Friday, then we see her in the snow where she is knee deep. It's funny because it does look like she has been left in the snow for ages, but we know that she hasn't. This makes the sketch funny because it makes us laugh to think of her standing there all that time.

Finally, there's an American newscaster who is reporting about children doing dangerous things in the snow, yet it's ironic because as she is talking about this, a massive lorry comes along with a snow plough and showers her with snow. This is funny as it allows the audience to laugh, because even though it is  dangerous - we know she isn't seriously hurt or she has died. It is an example of slapstick comedy.

Russell Howard is funny because he prepares the audience with a denotation but when the scene is shown, it is often a connation.  He plays with words very successfully,