The Funny Jokes without the Fanfare
Some of the funniest stuff is that which is not prefaced by any warning that it will be funny. The funniest people to me are those who are deadpan'as if they are SERIOUS'and we are the nervous gigglers who can't quite wrap our brains around whether they are for real or not.
Cary Grant pulled this off in the best of ways, tossing off flip remarks every other line or so of dialogue.
Jake Johansen (sic) tells a wide-eyed, innocent tale that is so funny you pee a little.
No laugh, giggle, grin, or even smirk that indicates it is a joke.
Then again, there are hysterical jokesters who are so funny they can't contain their usually straight-faced selves, and they laugh, too. This is funny, also. Louie Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, and Ellen Degeneres come to mind. You can catch them breaking, and that makes their humor all the funnier.
And Timing Matters
This is the trickiest part of telling funny jokes, waiting for the beat, knowing the pause. But if you know your audience, know your joke (are comfortable with it) and don't TRY too hard, it'll come for you. Or it won't, and they'll kick you out of their homes, and you'll be so ashamed you'll move to a secluded hick town where no one laughs, an you'll sink deeper and deeper into forgetting and depression and drinking Jack Daniels, about which, Robin Williams says, if alcohol is a crutch, then Jack Daniels is a wheelchair!
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