Editing Comedian (section)

==Jokes==
There are many established formats for jokes. One example is the [[pun]] or double-entendre, where similar words are interchanged. ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'' often used puns and double-entendre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-12068221|title=Ronnie Corbett Christmas return: Puns upon a time |date=December 24, 2010|website=BBC News }}</ref> [[Stewart Francis]] and [[Tim Vine]] are examples of current comedians who deploy numerous puns. Jokes based on puns tend to be very quick and easy to digest, which sometimes leads to other joke forms being overlooked, for example in the Funniest Joke of the Fringe awards. Other jokes may rely on confounding an audience's expectations through a misleading setup (known as a 'pull back and reveal' in the UK and a 'leadaway' in the US).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2010/09/22/11771/missing_a_trick|title=Missing a trick |first=Alex |last=Bennett|website=Chortle |date=22 Sep 2010 }}</ref> [[Ed Byrne (comedian)|Ed Byrne]] is an example of a comedian who has used this technique.<ref name="auto"/> Some jokes are based on [[ad absurdum]] extrapolations, for example much of [[Richard Herring]] and [[Ross Noble]]'s standup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ9eqdqQLXw|title=Richard Herring on Russell Howard's Good News Extra - Series 3|website=YouTube |first1=Dave |last1=Turner |date=Jan 3, 2011 }}{{cbignore}} Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/UQ9eqdqQLXw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730183735/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ9eqdqQLXw Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}.</ref> In [[irony|ironic]] humour there is an intentional mismatch between a message and the form in which it is conveyed (for example the work of [[Danielle Ward]]). Other joke forms include observation ([[Michael McIntyre]]), whimsy ([[David O'Doherty]]), self-deprecation ([[Robin Williams]]) and parody ([[Diane Morgan]]).