Comparative Analysis of Verbal Humor in Talk Shows between Ini Talk Show and Sarah Sechan.

One of the ways to express the idea or opinion in communication is through humor. It is not only to express the idea, humor also can be functioned to
entertain, one of them through television program, talk show. This research aimed to compare the types of verbal humor that found in Ini Talk Show and Sarah
Sechan. This research was descriptive comparative. The data were the clauses which consist of verbal humor within transcribed video. The total of video was 10
videos. The data were analyzed by using theory of Shade (1996) and General Theory of Verbal Humor (1991). Theory of Shade (1996) was used to analyze the types of verbal humor and General Theory of Verbal Humor (1991) used to
analyze the types of verbal humor that found in both object. The result of the research showed there were differences and similarities found between the used of verbal humor in Ini Talk Show and Sarah Sechan. There were 192 numbers of
verbal humor found in Ini Talk Show and 57 numbers of verbal humor found in Sarah Sechan. It is also found that there was a similarity between Ini Talk Show and Sarah Sechan. Both of talk shows were having the similar way in bringing up
the atmosphere of humor in a conversation show.