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

• P. G. WodehouseRelated: Wodehouse’s punchlines depend on carefully delayed revelations and verbal reversals.

• Stan LaurelRelated: Laurel’s delayed reactions and pauses were central to the duo’s rhythms.

• Alfred LuntRelated: The Lunts’ verbal exchanges relied on exact timing and responsive interplay.

• Benny HillRelated: Hill’s pauses, reactions, and sudden movements shaped the impact of his gags.

• Jackie GleasonRelated: Gleason used pauses and sudden outbursts to sharpen punchlines and character reactions.

• Jerry LewisRelated: His delayed reactions and sudden bursts of movement made timing part of the gag.

• Rowan AtkinsonRelated: Atkinson uses delayed reactions and carefully held pauses to sharpen physical jokes.

• Harvey KurtzmanRelated: His page rhythms made delayed reveals and visual punch lines central to the joke.

• Mitch HedbergRelated: A measured pause often gives his concise punchlines room to land.

• Moms MableyRelated: Her pauses and understated delivery helped give punch lines their force.

• Rodney DangerfieldRelated: His clipped delivery and pauses sharpened the punch lines of his one-liners.

• Bob NewhartRelated: His pauses give listeners time to infer the unseen speaker’s increasingly absurd remarks.

• Burns and AllenRelated: Burns’s pauses and asides sharpened the contrast with Allen’s brisk delivery.

• Don MessickRelated: Messick’s pauses and vocal reactions helped land animated characters’ jokes.

• Gwen VerdonRelated: Her performances used rhythmic precision to make physical comedy land within songs and scenes.

• Leslie NielsenRelated: Nielsen’s pauses and matter-of-fact emphasis sharpened the impact of absurd dialogue.

• Norm MacdonaldRelated: His silences and pacing often mattered as much as the words of a joke.

• Norman WisdomRelated: A delayed reaction or precisely timed fall often supplies the punch line.

• Pierre RichardRelated: Richard’s delayed reactions and pauses let misunderstandings build before the punchline.

• Eve ArdenRelated: Her clipped pauses and precise emphasis were central to her screen comedy.

• Jerome K. JeromeRelated: Jerome builds jokes by delaying outcomes and letting small mishaps accumulate.

• Ken ShimuraRelated: His delayed reactions and sudden physical turns depended on carefully paced timing.