Nonverbal Humorous Language in Mr. Bean’s Comedy Performances

This research was aimed at describing the nonverbal language cues applied by Mr. Bean to fulfill the characteristics of incongruity and disparagement humor.
This population research used a content analysis method, using the data (nonverbal cues) and the data contexts (the humorous conditions –incongruity and disparagement). The descriptive analysis upon 88 fragments revealed that; gestures brought about what the implicature directed (88 fragments); nineteen emotions through his face (83 fragments); eye behaviors delivered the emotions (5) and served certain functions (32), touch served three different functions (28); posture delivered what the implicature directed (21); violation against privacy (21); formal time
violation (9); personal/bodily space violation (8); artifact violation (8); and Mr. Bean’s face and bodily attractiveness constituted inborn nonverbal cues.
The analysis that linked data with the context data revealed that 1) incongruity humor with Conventional Implicature Violation (51 fragments), Maxim of Quality Violation (11), Maxim of Manner Violation (3), Maxim of Relation Violation (3), and No Conventional Implicature Violation (1) and 2) disparagement humor with Conventional Implicature Violation (13 fragments), Maxim of Quality Violation (3), No Cooperative Principle Maxim Violation (2) and No Conventional Implicature Violation (1)