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Mockingly, sarcastically, paradoxically, incongruously, satirically or caustically….wondering what kind of language I am trying to write on, still puzzled, is it an article on tips over funny speech writing or some adverbial fight of these creepy sounding words.

Don’t panic! That’s what I want you to go through, because if I am writing about the funny speech writing tips. So why not start with something which grabs the attention of “yours” from the first word and make you to sit on the edge of your seat.

Ironically, because steel has more strength, I have used it instead of rot iron. In order to let you know that funny speech writing can be a cluster bomb which can break even the deepest caves in Afghanistan.

Apart of above given unbearable jokes, if you want to understand how speech writing with humor can penetrate even the most stony-faced audience, you might have to get serious, but not that much!

There’s a perception among aspiring speakers that humor is a natural skill that just can’t be taught. That is a total misconception. If someone has the capacity to laugh, then they have the capacity to make others laugh too. It’s unavoidable, it’s as contagious as laughter itself, and sometimes it just needs a little sideways outlook.

• The first thing I keep in mind whenever I’m planning how to write a humorous speech is that humor itself is extremely subjective.
• Simply that if you focus exclusively on material that YOU find hilarious, your humor will surely hit its mark, but only with a fraction of your audience.
• If that’s not enough for you – and it’s not for me – then some ninja speaker tactics are required. Welcome to what I call audience optimization.
• Audience optimization simply means adjusting your presentation style in deference to your audience.
• In the context of a humorous speech, it means developing the acuity to see, hear, feel and smell precisely how your humorous content and delivery style is affecting your audience.
• More than that, it’s about being willing to swallow the disappointment when your favorite one-liner doesn’t work.
• Dust yourself off and just try something else. Specifically, try something you’ve seen others respond well to, but isn’t your first choice of humor.
• If it doesn’t work, try something else again, but if it does – who cares why – you just found an easy way to reach maybe ANOTHER 20% of that elusive audience!
• Think of yourself as a safe cracker, listening intently for the correct alignment of each part of the lock.

Sooner or later, with minor adjustments, everything will be in alignment and your well-balanced humorous speech cannot fail to open up that audience.

There are several types of humoristic apparels people wear to make the audience start giggle and then they make them laugh out loud!

Dry humor

• Some people refer it as highbrow comedy, as the style requires a degree of restraint in order to be effective.

A Pun Run: They are punch lines and silliest word play.

• The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Circumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
• A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.

Awkward Situations

• Defusing awkward situations is a comic relief and an interactive strategy for people to laugh.

Absurd situations

• At the end of the speech, people starts puzzling over what we they just witnessed, but such is the case with a finely crafted absurdist comedy.
• Absurd Quotes: like “wool from an ASS (i.e., blood from a stone)”

Anecdotes

• Telling funny stories is an old school trick, but making it funnier is your daunting task, incorporate some famous living characters in your story, like Harry Potter: “A Sanitary worker” etc.

Self-deprecating stories:

• “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.” -Oscar Wilde
• “All censure of a man’s self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.” -Samuel Johnson

Barrage of one-liners: One liner work as jolters on the audience, target the audience and poke them with a one liner.

• Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. “Yes” is the answer.
• The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.
• Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

Juxtaposition

• It means compare and contrast; make a funny comparison like “George W. Bush as a Donkey”

Slapstick and Physical humor

• Slapstick or sketch comedy, which often relies upon broad gestures, exaggerated facial expressions, or an emphasized tone or tenor in order to heighten the comic appeal of the joke or remark.

Verbal irony

• It is a disparity of expression and intention: when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect. An example of this is sarcasm.

Tales of the Unexpected

• Get inspiration from the Roald Dahl short funny stories.

Practical jokes

• Incorporate them but be careful, no offence.

Story with character voices

• Like Shrek and the lion of Madagascar movie and their unusual voice over make the people laugh.

You get the idea. Next time you’re thinking about how to write a humorous speech, build audience optimization into your speech writing process from the start. Deliver the same speech a few times, with minor adjustments inspired by each successive audience response, and watch your speech become a winner as your audience silently tells YOU its magic formula.