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It is important to put your funny line, word, or phrase at the very end of your joke. If the key word isn’t last, you will be stepping on your laugh or speaking while the audience is laughing. YOU DON’T WANT TO DO THAT. Talking when your audience is laughing will train the audience to not laugh.

For example, let’s use the famous joke by Henry Youngman: “Take my wife…please.” This is a classic joke and is perfect to use for learning. If he were to say “Please take my wife,” the joke doesn’t work. The punch word or phrase simply must go last.