Word: joking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when she and I notice a friend of ours in the middle of dance floor and we work through the crowd to say hello. When we get up close, we find ourselves duped once again--it isn't our friend; just someone strikingly similar--his evil twin, we nervously joke. The third floor has us beat and we retreat downstairs. We enter the second floor to take one last look...
...Bird's Nest") and more serious drink. Jiang is warm and witty, and he has a wonderful voice that ranges--both in Chinese and in his near fluent English--from low and deep to high pitched and animated when he gets worked up over an idea or a joke. He is a good listener, leaning back in his chair with a cocked head, leaning forward to respond. His eyes were full of mirth throughout the evening...
...most importantly--will Whoopi Goldberg make another fart joke? We hope...
Liebman, who won the 1997 American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand-up, is lauded for her deadpan style of joke-telling. After talking for a moment about something, she delivers the one-line joke. The audience laughs. She delivers a shorter, sharper, even funnier line. The audience roars. She looks out at the crowd with surprise and shock, as if she's wondering how on earth that outrageous comment could have come from her mouth. And the audience loves...
...None of it is true. I did a joke tonight [where] I said I had three older sisters, and my father always wanted a boyfriend; but then I said I had a brother. I forgot that I forgot to tell [the audience]. I like things to stay in people's minds because they don't know why it doesn't work exactly that I don't have a brother. I think some are thinking, "But she only has three sisters." If I'm going to lie, I have to be consistent. But I think you can lie in art, right...