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The 74 pages that link to Comic timing, each with the reason it gives.

• SlapstickRelated: A delayed fall or perfectly timed collision makes the gag land.

• Physical comedyRelated: A fall or gesture becomes funny through its timing, not merely its occurrence.

• DeadpanRelated: A pause or delayed reaction can sharpen deadpan's contrast between delivery and content.

• Comic stripRelated: Panel order and spacing determine when a strip’s joke lands.

• Running gagRelated: A gag’s return depends on when it appears, not only on what repeats.

• Radio comedyRelated: Pauses and interruptions can make a radio punchline land.

• Character comedyRelated: A character’s hesitation or response can supply the punchline.

• IntertitleRelated: A title card’s arrival and reading time can create or sharpen a joke.

• Mike NicholsRelated: His early work as a comedian informed the exact pauses and escalating rhythms in his film comedies.

• ComedyBroader topic: A pause or delayed reveal can make the same joke land differently.

• ComicsRelated: Panel size, spacing, and page turns can make a visual joke land.

• Billy WilderRelated: Wilder’s dialogue depends on timing that lets wit and discomfort land together.

• SitcomRelated: Precise delivery makes sitcom dialogue, reactions, and pauses land as jokes.

• Observational comedyRelated: Pauses and emphasis control when an audience notices the oddity in an ordinary scene.

• Television comedyRelated: Timing determines how performers land punchlines and how scenes build comic tension.

• John CleeseRelated: Cleese’s pauses and abrupt shifts in delivery sharpen the tension before a punchline.

• ClownRelated: A pause before a fall or reaction can determine whether a clowning bit lands.

• Comic reliefRelated: A pause or interruption can make humor land precisely when tension peaks.

• Double actRelated: Precise pauses and reactions turn the partners’ exchanges into punchlines.

• PunchlineRelated: A pause before the punchline can heighten anticipation and make its reveal land.

• Richard PryorRelated: His pauses and sudden changes in rhythm made stories feel spontaneous and sharpened punch lines.

• Straight manRelated: A straight man’s pauses and restrained reactions determine when absurdity lands.

• Comedy filmRelated: A pause or delayed reaction can turn the same line into a stronger joke.

• Laurel and HardyRelated: Their lingering looks and delayed reactions made small mishaps escalate into jokes.

• Looney TunesRelated: A pause or delayed reaction often determines whether a gag lands.

• Harold LloydRelated: Carefully measured delays heighten the tension before Lloyd’s physical punch lines.

• Mickey MousingRelated: Musical synchrony can sharpen the pause, impact, or reveal that makes a visual gag work.

• One-linerRelated: A spoken one-liner’s pause or stress can determine when its punch line registers.

• Visual comedyRelated: A pause or delayed reveal can make the same visual action funnier.

• Chuck JonesRelated: Jones’s pauses often make a character’s expectation more comic than the ensuing action.

• Eddie CantorRelated: Cantor’s rapid patter and carefully timed reactions made his energetic comedy legible to live and broadcast audiences.

• The Music BoxRelated: The pauses, reactions, and renewed efforts make each staircase mishap land.

• Comic personaRelated: Timing lets a familiar persona turn its habits into punchlines.

• Tex AveryRelated: Avery’s rapid setups and precisely delayed reactions give visual gags their impact.

• Waiting for GodotRelated: Silences and failed exchanges turn uncertainty and discomfort into stage comedy.

• Dean MartinRelated: Martin’s deadpan reactions and deliberate pauses sharpened the contrast with Jerry Lewis’s energy.

• Jerry SeinfeldRelated: His pauses and precise delivery help give ordinary observations their punch.

• JokeRelated: A pause or delayed reveal can make a punch line land more effectively.

• Neil SimonRelated: His dialogue depends on actors landing interruptions and punchlines precisely.

• Abbott and CostelloRelated: Their exchanges relied on exact pauses and escalating repetition.

• Ethel MermanRelated: Her musical-comedy roles relied on punchy delivery as much as vocal power.

• Fanny BriceRelated: Her Baby Snooks performances relied on pauses and vocal shifts to shape jokes.

• Jack BennyRelated: Benny’s famously delayed reactions made silence part of the punchline.

• Newspaper comic stripRelated: A strip's panel count and final beat determine when its punchline lands.

• Practical jokeRelated: A reveal delivered too early or late can weaken the joke.

• A Night at the OperaRelated: Groucho’s pauses and interruptions make the rapid dialogue land as comedy.

• Chris RockRelated: Rock’s rapid delivery and emphatic pauses sharpen the impact of punchlines.

• Groucho MarxRelated: His quick retorts and calculated pauses gave wordplay its punch.

• Louis de FunèsRelated: His abrupt pauses and explosive reactions made small social encounters escalate into comic scenes.

• Lynn FontanneRelated: Fontanne’s precision made pauses and conversational turns central to the Lunts’ comedy.