Early on, for instance, Carlin describes a momentous occasion when, as a little boy, he made a witty joke that got a genuine laugh from his hard-to-please mother.
In one of the movie's few moments of genuine wit, Jacques jokes about marinating Estragon from the inside.
Is the sign by the (man-made) lake that says "It is a violation of Florida law to feed or harass alligators" genuine, or an elaborate joke?
If he or his wife were really hurt, or if he felt genuine concern that the joke, as he complained, "divides the country", then he should say only that.
This isn't an example of some people taking unnecessary offence at a "harmless joke" (a genuine accusation I've received); it's taking issue with something that, for profit, suggests a large and often-mistreated subsection of the population are all bloodthirsty murderers.
Therefore, staffers are advised to politely chuckle, in a non-genuine manner, after each joke.
He's setting up one of the few genuine, by-the-book jokes of this bit — a callback to one of his opening lines of the night.
Remember new words by means of mnemonics, jokes and genuine emotions.
How can they tell whether the vast scale of online campaigns like the one for Wispa reflects genuine support, or simply a joke that snowballed?
