If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.

Ninety-nine percent is in the delivery. If you have the right voice and the right delivery, you're cocky enough, and you pound down on the punch line, you can say anything and make people laugh maybe three times before they realize you're not telling jokes.

I'm kind of a nerd. A square. And I'm terrible at telling jokes. I always forget the punch line.

When you're 89, dementia develops. I mean, I've told a story onstage, and I'm telling it with a full heart, and I forgot the damn punch line.

Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.

I'm not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife.