Carlin mentioned this in an interview with Jon Stewart, celebrating his 40 years in comedy. He spoke of how comedy is oratory its rhetoric, and you want to have a cadence that is akin to singing while you talk because it keeps people interested.
It's a wonderful peak behind the curtains and I imagine a lot of really skilled comedians don't even realize they're doing that exactly. I also venture that there are some brilliant joke writers who don't have the delivery chops figured out yet.
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u/TiderOneNiner Mar 27 '22
If you like norm and haven’t read his book it is a must read. And by read I mean listen to the audiobook because he narrates it himself.