I’m glad you enjoyed the article!
“A, B, 3” is a great way to describe the importance of surprise in comedy, and is something I alluded to in a previous article I wrote: https://medium.com/@joegarza66/how-to-use-the-comic-triple-to-be-funnier-wittier-and-hated-by-complete-strangers-4c0ce0da17c5