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Quote by Urzila Carlson
You tell a joke, they laugh. If they don’t laugh, you fix it, you go in a different way.
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The quote describes comedy as a live exchange with an audience. Their laughter shows that the joke worked; silence shows that it did not land. The speaker responds by changing the wording or approach instead of simply repeating the same attempt. The audience’s reaction therefore guides what happens next.
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