punch line

That would be the basic formula i follow. when in my head punch lines read to go, you know, but also be able to say something spontaneously.

The audience struggled to grasp the punch lines, and Mr. Wong recalls looking out on the blank faces of a 'polite but serious' crowd.

Children aged four to five liked the funny endings better and did not notice whether or not the punch lines made commercial sense.

The two cross-talk actors must be hard up for ideas, since there were only old punch-lines in their show.

These famous flops are reduced to punch lines, or trotted out as cautionary tales in boardrooms and business schools across the country.

They complemented each other perfectly: he was the straight man, and she delivered the punch lines.

People with damage to their right frontal lobe experience difficulty getting punch lines and prefer slapstick humor instead.

Father's Day cards sport some pretty typical jokes, with the punch lines often asking Dad for money in one way or another.

While Zhou sets up his jokes in Mandarin, the punch lines are nearly always in the local Shanghai dialect.

Kelly: You always forget or mess up the punch lines?

Usually remembers punch lines of jokes.

But when it comes crunch time, where do my punch lines go.

For instance, given a joke with a choice of punch lines, they can't tell which one is funny.

Where do my punch lines go?

and it is also full of wits and punch lines which make the reading a whole lot more fun.

Have a friend who has a sense of humor look over your speech and suggest some punch lines you can use.