AIRPLANE! is a spoof of disaster movies, esp AIRPORT, and it's funny b/c the story and characters are familiar to the audience...and then twisted to be ludicrous ;-)
Is your story a spoof of a familiar movie-genre? or some setting or situation readily-recognizable to the audience? [workplace, school, family vacation, etc.]
Dialog isn't jokes, remember (well, unless your story is about a stand-up comedian) -- it's usually funny b/c the characters are taking everything very seriously.
It sounds like you have a lot of sight-gags waiting for a story -- that's fine, you have to start somewhere, and there's no reason not to start with a situation, a gimmick, even a line of dialogue. But eventually you have to create a story, i.e. Plot + Characters. Then the dialogue will follow.
So, what do your sight-gags involve? any common theme, location, purpose?
What kind of characters would be the most funny in those circumstances? (again, they're probably taking the situation very seriously, it's *real* to them) -- Often it's contrast, i.e. the nun in the mosh pit or the tat-covered biker dude working in a stuff office....Contrasts provide natural conflict, and conflict is key to drama [including comedy].
Conflict doesn't necessarily mean, battling the arch-villain who is going to take over the world [unless it's a spoof of James Bondian type movies, altho that's been done, so, maybe don't...]
It just means, the Protagonist wants something (tangible, visual) and people, situations, everything seems to be blocking his progress toward that objective.
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