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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Alarm Bells".
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Alarm Bells". The song also demonstrates RuleOfThree.
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* EscalatingPunchline: "Ventriloquism".
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* EscalatingPunchline: "Ventriloquism". He's been practising ventriloquism and has a puppet who practises ventriloquism who has a puppet that practises ventriloquism who has a puppet that practises ventriloquism... And so on until the last one says it practises [[spoiler:juggling.]]
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So this bloke came up to me and said, "Describe Tim Vine here," and I said, "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props that he plausibly claims to have made himself."
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So this bloke came up to me and said, "Describe Tim Vine here," and I said, "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other another strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props that he plausibly claims to have made himself."
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* CatchPhrase: Arguably, "so..." which is how many of his jokes start. He likely uses it because so few of his jokes have any relation to the others. If you wanted to extend it, you could argue that "so (person X) came up to me", "so I said to this bloke" (which was actually the title of one of his [=DVDs=]) and "so I went to the doctor's/airport/watch shop/wherever" are also catchphrases.
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* CatchPhrase: Arguably, "so..." which is how many of his jokes start. He likely uses it because so few of his jokes have any relation relate to the others. If you wanted to extend it, you could argue that "so (person X) came up to me", "so I said to this bloke" (which was actually the title of one of his [=DVDs=]) and "so I went to the doctor's/airport/watch shop/wherever" are also catchphrases.
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* GenreThrowback: It's not clear whether this is intentional or not, but he comes off as though he's stepped out of vaudeville.
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* GenreThrowback: It's not clear unclear whether this is intentional or not, intentional, but he comes off as though he's stepped out of vaudeville.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Some of his puns are definitely lamer than others. The best ones tend to be those which have a reasonably solid internal logic.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Some His primary source of amusement; many of his puns are definitely lamer than others. The jokes consist of a series of rapid-fire puns, with some of his best ones tend tending to be those which have with a reasonably solid internal logic.
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* SurrealHumour: The set-ups of some of his puns are strange enough to turn the jokes into this. For example:
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* SurrealHumour: The set-ups setups of some of his puns are strange enough to turn the jokes into this. For example:
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* EscalatingPunchline: "Ventriloquism".
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* LiteralMinded: The source of a lot of his puns. "I had to sell my vacuum cleaner - well, it was just gathering dust."
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Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow'', made a pilot and a Christmas episode of ''Tim Vine Travels in Time'', and was one of the contestants of [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSix Series Six]] of ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}''.
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Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow'', made a pilot and a Christmas episode of ''Tim Vine Travels in Time'', and was one of the contestants of [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSix Series Six]] of ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}''. He is also the younger brother of journalist, Radio 2 presenter and Series/{{Eggheads}} host Jeremy Vine.
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Vine is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow'', and has made a pilot and a Christmas episode of ''Tim Vine Travels in Time''.
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Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow'', and has made a pilot and a Christmas episode of ''Tim Vine Travels in Time''.Time'', and was one of the contestants of [[Recap/TaskmasterSeriesSix Series Six]] of ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}''.
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* RapidFireComedy: Vine used to hold the Guinness World Record for Most Jokes Told in an Hour. This was reinstated in 2014, after the record holder who succeeded him was found to have breached the guidelines.
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* RapidFireComedy: Vine used to hold the Guinness World Record for Most Jokes Told in an Hour. This was reinstated in 2014, after the record holder who succeeded him was found to have breached the guidelines.
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Vine is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow''.
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Vine is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow''.''Series/TheSketchShow'', and has made a pilot and a Christmas episode of ''Tim Vine Travels in Time''.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Tim has featured a section in his act where he asks the audience for subjects and then attempts to improvise a joke around them. These inevitably become desperate, rambling monologues, the punchline being when he gives up entirely and asks for some different subjects.
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** He appeared on a celebrity edition of ''Series/FortBoyard'' and won his team's charity a big bonus by telling 20 jokes in one minute.
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So this bloke came up to me and said, "Describe Tim Vine here," and I said, "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props."
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So this bloke came up to me and said, "Describe Tim Vine here," and I said, "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props.props that he plausibly claims to have made himself."
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* TickTockTune: "My Marvellous Metronome" is a parody of this. Tim's electronic metronome keeps speeding up until his singing can't keep up with the beat.
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* LuckBasedMission: ''Fluke'', the Channel 4 game show he devised and presented. It tested the contestants' luck and absolutely nothing else.
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'''This performer provides examples of'''
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Alarm Bells"
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Alarm Bells"
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: "Alarm
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So this bloke came up to me and said "describe Tim Vine here", and I said "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props". Also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow''.
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So this bloke came up to me and said "describe said, "Describe Tim Vine here", here," and I said said, "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props". Also props."
Vine is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow''.
Vine is also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in the sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow''.
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* BreadEggsMilkSquick: 'Alarm Bells'"Alarm Bells"
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* EarWorm: "Pen behind the ear!"
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* OverlyLongGag: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pwbQvJDFzQ Pen Behind The Ear]].
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* OverlyLongGag: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pwbQvJDFzQ Pen Behind The the Ear]].
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* RapidFireComedy: He used to hold the Guinness World Record for Most Jokes Told In An Hour. This was reinstated in 2014, after the record holder who succeeded him was found to have breached the guidelines.
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* RapidFireComedy: He Vine used to hold the Guinness World Record for Most Jokes Told In An in an Hour. This was reinstated in 2014, after the record holder who succeeded him was found to have breached the guidelines.
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--> I went into a mirror shop and I said to the bloke behind the counter "I want to buy a mirror you tall blonde idiot". He said "I'm over here sir".
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--> I went into a mirror shop and I said to the bloke behind the counter counter, "I want to buy a mirror mirror, you tall blonde idiot". blond idiot." He said "I'm over here sir".here, sir."
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* SmallReferencePools: A victim of this: many of his jokes have been wrongly attributed to TommyCooper.
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* SmallReferencePools: A Tim Vine is a victim of this: many this. Many of his jokes have been wrongly attributed to TommyCooper.Creator/TommyCooper.
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--> I was in a restaurant and a duck came up to me and said "your eyes sparkle like the morning dew". I said "waiter, I asked for ''aromatic'' duck".
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--> I was in a restaurant and a duck came up to me and said "your said, "Your eyes sparkle like the morning dew". dew." I said "waiter, said, "Waiter, I asked for ''aromatic'' duck".duck."
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So this bloke came up to me and said "describe Tim Vine here", and I said "Tim Vine is a British stand-up comedian who has gained considerable renown for his mastery of the pun. His entire act consists almost entirely of him standing up and delivering a stream of [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy]] yet somehow amusing plays on words, with the occasional comedy song or other strange interlude, often featuring cheap-looking stage props". Also known for starring alongside Creator/LeeMack in sitcom ''Series/NotGoingOut'', and for hosting the Creator/{{ITV}} GameShow ''Don't Blow the Inheritance''. He was also a part of the five-person comedian cast of ''Series/TheSketchShow''.
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'''This performer provides examples of'''
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: 'Alarm Bells'
* CatchPhrase: Arguably, "so..." which is how many of his jokes start. He likely uses it because so few of his jokes have any relation to the others. If you wanted to extend it, you could argue that "so (person X) came up to me", "so I said to this bloke" (which was actually the title of one of his [=DVDs=]) and "so I went to the doctor's/airport/watch shop/wherever" are also catchphrases.
** Also possibly "Come ''on!''" when he wants the audience to react.
* EarWorm: "Pen behind the ear!"
* GenreThrowback: It's not clear whether this is intentional or not, but he comes off as though he's stepped out of vaudeville.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Songs aside, virtually ''his entire act''.
* HypocriticalHumour: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEwd4I-q30 The Importance of Rehearsal]].
* IncrediblyLamePun: Some of his puns are definitely lamer than others. The best ones tend to be those which have a reasonably solid internal logic.
* OverlyLongGag: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pwbQvJDFzQ Pen Behind The Ear]].
* PungeonMaster: Perhaps the finest example of this trope in modern times.
* RapidFireComedy: He used to hold the Guinness World Record for Most Jokes Told In An Hour. This was reinstated in 2014, after the record holder who succeeded him was found to have breached the guidelines.
* SelfDeprecation: Some jokes:
--> I went into a mirror shop and I said to the bloke behind the counter "I want to buy a mirror you tall blonde idiot". He said "I'm over here sir".
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Probably the silliest it's possible for ''anything'' to ever get.
* SmallReferencePools: A victim of this: many of his jokes have been wrongly attributed to TommyCooper.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: The "funny" anecdotes in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQOOHsIO2Mc Family Holidays]]".
* SurrealHumour: The set-ups of some of his puns are strange enough to turn the jokes into this. For example:
--> I was in a restaurant and a duck came up to me and said "your eyes sparkle like the morning dew". I said "waiter, I asked for ''aromatic'' duck".
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'''This performer provides examples of'''
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: 'Alarm Bells'
* CatchPhrase: Arguably, "so..." which is how many of his jokes start. He likely uses it because so few of his jokes have any relation to the others. If you wanted to extend it, you could argue that "so (person X) came up to me", "so I said to this bloke" (which was actually the title of one of his [=DVDs=]) and "so I went to the doctor's/airport/watch shop/wherever" are also catchphrases.
** Also possibly "Come ''on!''" when he wants the audience to react.
* EarWorm: "Pen behind the ear!"
* GenreThrowback: It's not clear whether this is intentional or not, but he comes off as though he's stepped out of vaudeville.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Songs aside, virtually ''his entire act''.
* HypocriticalHumour: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmEwd4I-q30 The Importance of Rehearsal]].
* IncrediblyLamePun: Some of his puns are definitely lamer than others. The best ones tend to be those which have a reasonably solid internal logic.
* OverlyLongGag: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pwbQvJDFzQ Pen Behind The Ear]].
* PungeonMaster: Perhaps the finest example of this trope in modern times.
* RapidFireComedy: He used to hold the Guinness World Record for Most Jokes Told In An Hour. This was reinstated in 2014, after the record holder who succeeded him was found to have breached the guidelines.
* SelfDeprecation: Some jokes:
--> I went into a mirror shop and I said to the bloke behind the counter "I want to buy a mirror you tall blonde idiot". He said "I'm over here sir".
* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: Probably the silliest it's possible for ''anything'' to ever get.
* SmallReferencePools: A victim of this: many of his jokes have been wrongly attributed to TommyCooper.
* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: The "funny" anecdotes in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQOOHsIO2Mc Family Holidays]]".
* SurrealHumour: The set-ups of some of his puns are strange enough to turn the jokes into this. For example:
--> I was in a restaurant and a duck came up to me and said "your eyes sparkle like the morning dew". I said "waiter, I asked for ''aromatic'' duck".
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