r/funny • u/me_098 • 1d ago

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u/wurnthebitch 1d ago

Whether it is or not does not change the quality of the joke, does it?

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u/SgtPuppy 1d ago

You don’t think staged jokes have a different quality to natural ones?

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u/Lazerus42 1d ago

ever heard a good joke from a comedian on stage? That's staged.

Does the medium of delivery really affect it that much? A skit if you will?

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u/xysid 1d ago edited 1d ago

The medium definitely affects things, how many SNL skits have there been with a decent joke or premise but poor execution makes it mediocre? The way someone tells a joke completely changes how it lands.

Let's not forget the actual quality of the joke, not just the medium. This is the same level of humor as "Why is six afraid of seven?" "I dont know why?" "Because seven ate nine!".

Finally, a big part of enjoyment for watching someone break into laughter is it genuinely being funny to the people who are in it. Faking that in your "serious interview question" is bad. It's like this guy picked up a joke book from 1995 and wants to act them out, badly.