| The audience, after all, is rooting for her before the first punchline has tripped from her lips. |
| However, if the punchline is spectacular, then the joke could be told by someone dead, and it would still work out alright. |
| Benz is easy and confident on stage, an actor who knows how to tell a story and make it roll with a wink and a punchline at just the right spot. |
| Part of the reason why this series works so well is that it is based in character and craft, not the instant joke or the jerky punchline. |
| He can take his time getting to the 'gag' bit because the audience know that when it comes it will be a killer of a punchline. |
| At my every punchline the nervous titters grow fewer, the expressions in the front row more furrowed and quizzical. |
