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Episode: 0409 – Comic Timing
Description: 2022.02.13 – 0409 – Comic TimingComic timingThere’s great importance of the pause before a punchline. It’s the ‘gap gap’ between the stress of the set up and the relief of the reward – laughter. The anticipation within the pause adds punch to the punchline, it creates a beat and is a social signifier of “this next bit’s the gag, when I’ve said it, you laugh!” That silence often gives the audience just long enough to settle into a false sense of security, but short enough so they don’t figure out...