i'm with @wlonk
I think your question solves your question. Similar tactic: cite a famous movie scene (I default to Casablanca but it depends on your audience) and then ask your reader to reimagine it in 1) a situation that makes the scene funny and 2) a situation that makes it even better.
ex: Imagine Boromir trying to get the Ring from Frodo in a gnome's toy shop, and then again in a dark tomb.
@JohnWSheldon