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Science of Laughter

The Infinite Monkey Cage

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The Joy of Jokes

Comedians absorb a vast amount of humour. They are very good lateral thinkers and memory for jokes. Comedians know to finish the punchline on the funny bit. It's not a skill you walk into, it's a skill that you work at. We don't realise how much thought goes into comedy until we're doing it.

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