Audience Pleasures Q: Gavin & Stacey

Gavin and Stacey also uses various audience pleasures and more for the older generation as it uses adult humour and comedy.

Sexual innuendo is commonly used in the program, an example of this being in S2E3 when the old Welsh lady(Doris) winks at Gavin and asks him to walk her home, she then asks him if he wants to come in for a coffee and he replies “No, I better get back” to which she replies “Alright, love- well you know where I am” as she winks at him again, Gavin gets scared/creeped out and rans back to Gwen’s house which is ironically next door.It’s a prime example of sexual innuendo and appeals to the older generation which is an audience pleasure as Slapstick and absurdity are both used in this example.

The show is indicative of ‘welsh’ jokes which the show is full of, the non Welsh audiences get to join in Also included in the programme are stereotypes with Stacey and Pam being the typical blonde                . This enables the audience to relate to them and because they are different in age it appeals to more people/ generations which the audience finds extremely funny.

An example of this would be in S2E1 when Gavin asks Stacey why she walked off from him after getting off the plane, she replies “I know, but there was this woman next to me in a veil, fiddling with her shoe and I thought,oh my God, terrorist!”

This is a clear example of the blonde               stereotype and it is a pleasure for the audience to laugh at her.This is also known as a clever anti-racist joke, the show is presenting evidence of Stacey’s stupidity so the audience reacts in shock but laughs.

The show also uses modern family types- Nessa, Neil(the baby), Smithy and Nessa’s boyfriend Dave.

This means that the audience can relate a lot easier and feel more connected to the characters which is a good example of an audience pleasure.