I trade them for watermelons". His joke received a hearty laugh from his friends who were gathering along the railing, Jake Spitzer, Harry Barco, Paul Silhavy and Bob Carvel.
It wasn't the cleverest punch line in Nanjiani's act, but it received a big laugh and a ten-second applause break.
(Nolan quickly confirmed it was the married couple's daughter, which received a hefty laugh from the crowd). As a result, they've been hearing the soundtracks to a lot of children's movies and television shows and, according to Joy, the exposure has proven to be incredibly inspiring.
The president received a few laughs from the veterans' group with this line: "Maybe you heard about this.
"That's going to be a big hit with the Catholic folks," he said deadpan, receiving a big laugh from the group.
He mentions another time where he went through the first 35 minutes of his set without receiving a single laugh.
The laughs stopped when I received a message on my answering machine: "Soy-ving by Oy-ving here.
"I think I received a sum total of zero offers," he said, laughing.
"I received a zero [out of 50] in my first two electronics classes," he laughs.
During the table read of the script, the first act received many laughs, but the second act got little positive reaction, leading Al Jean to believe that the script would require a huge rewrite, although the third act also received a positive reaction.
You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.
