Delivering a funny joke is really art more than a science. Simply ask any stand-up comedian who tells the same jokes again and again and yet continue to elicit laughs from their audience night after night. The secret is the delivery of the joke from beginning to finish that makes it truly funny. The building until the climax, and the timing of the final line that makes it a side-splitting tale.
You may think that only those with natural comedic ability can tell funny news stories, jokes and punch lines like a pro. Well, we must say that even great comedians like Bing Crosby and Bob Hope have to practice their skills in telling funny short stories to small audiences before making it big in television and in theatres. Indeed, practice is the key to making your audience laugh over and over again.
Listed here you will find a few tid bits from the professionals that you may use to practice your own talents. Please keep in mind that you have to learn to be flexible and open to opinion when telling hilarious jokes and quick little funny stories since each audience and town prefers different approachs.
Get your audience's attention first instead of competing with other distractions. We suggest changing your voice to suit the characters in your story as well as using hand gestures and facial cues to do so. Your main aim is to let your audience visualize the story as it happens, which is all-too-true with funny news stories where you act as the anchor man and story subjects at the same time.
Deliver the funny quick stories according to the mood of those listening. For example, if your viewer is relaxed, try sitting down while enjoying a cup of joe, and then your story can be told in a relaxed manner or way. If your audience has ants in their pants and are say moving through a busy lobby, tell your story in a quicker way.
Change the story to meet the needs of your audience. Sure, maybe it can be the same exact story but told in a different way, with different people, or with different punch lines. This is exactly how tremendous performers can elicit laughter out of old jokes - by revising these stories to meet the present audience.
Of course, you must tell funny short stories with a straight face until the punch line and then laugh with your audience. Remember that the story is the funny thing here, not you per se.
I know you may still think that only those with natural comedic ability can tell funny news stories, jokes and punch lines like a professional.
