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Originally Posted by Nate the Great
Part One: The Original Draft
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Worf: We're being hailed, sir.
Pilot: Help me! I've been trapped in a small shuttle with an insane woman for three days!
Lwaxana: Hi there! I'm here to make the episode interesting!
Riker: Is that a good thing?
Troi: Better than talking to fishsticks all day.
Riker: That's debatable.
I love the pilot's exasperation, but once again, I fell victim to the fault of making fun of the plot and/or the fiving process to attempt to create a joke. I think Riker's dialogue is great, though.
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Agreed; if the plot is that transparent then it's fair game IMHO; and agreed.
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Lwaxana: Where's the captain?
Troi: Busy.
Lwaxana: Then I'll propose to Riker.
Troi: Let me revise my previous answer.
THIS is classic.
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Agreed.
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Lwaxana: I find that line predictable and trite. Good thing I like that in a man.
Picard: Should I be offended?
I consider those last two lines to be one of the best couplets I've ever written for a fiver.
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Seems quite possible to me.
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Originally Posted by Nate the Great
Part Two: The Final Draft
Captain's Log: Today we get to escort two giant frozen fish sticks to a peace conference. And I thought that grocery stores didn't deliver anymore....
Pulaski: The Antedean delegates are fine, sir.
Picard: Excellent, Doctor.
Wesley: What's in the barrel?
Pulaski: It's fish for their wake-up snack. They think that replicated fish tastes a little too fishy, somehow.
Okay, same basic jokes, but fleshed out.
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It does read a little better, yes.
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Plus we in fiverland who never watch episodes (if there are any)
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*makes a vague waving motion*
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Data: So, to sum up, I'm the most boring guy in existence.
Picard: Thank you, Mr. Data. My my, look at the time!
Data: How does one look at a nonphysical quantity?
Marc was right that two punchlines aren't required for this gag.
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Quite so.
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I love the phrase "zoot suit."
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It's a real riot, isn't it?
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Lwaxana: Rex and I are getting married!
Data: A telepath marrying a hologram. Query: Does this qualify as a joke?
Picard: Data, anything that ties up plot threads in a fiver qualifies as a joke.
Riker: As long as I don't have to marry her, you can call it anything you like.
This self-referential gag works because it's funny.
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Indeed it does!
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