Professional Comedian Judy Carter suggests following these steps to create humor in your speech:
- Use your hands after your laugh line - after you give your laugh line, stick your hands out towards your audience, inviting them to laugh
- Make the setup to the laugh line very serious - say something serious and then add something contrasting that is unexpected
- Shock the audience by saying something that is an unspoken, taboo issue (does not have to be a swear word)
- Act out what you are saying
- Joke about something obvious in your appearance
Tim Wilson
Professional Speech Coach
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