"I thought this was an intervention for Winter," Samantha Bee, the comedian and writer, who was there to watch, joked.
Since watching jokes I co-wrote for our German production withering in the translation process, all their contrived weaknesses exposed, I have stopped writing jokes as such, and feel I am a better stand-up because of it.
Just like in the real world, if you hang with friends in VR, you might want to watch TV, joke around, pull out a board game, or go out together.
It's like watching a joke machine seize up and catch fire.
Who doesn't like to watch Carroll joking with sideline officials, or anybody around him, during a lull in the action?
"We were waiting for a four o'clock call from Gil and we wondered whether he had a watch," Cotchin joked.
Thousands have watched her joke about her weight gain and loss of libido, and her giggle-punctuated portrayal of ECT.
Years later, as a big-budget thriller ran into one calamity after another on his watch, he joked, "If only 'Jaws' was about a Chevy".
Watching Buress joke about racism in its most deadly form – to an audience of black people affected by it – was uncomfortable in a very different way to watching Rock yuk it up with powerful white folks.
Like, "Hey, the water is poison right now?" Watching Buress joke to the people of Flint about being poisoned with lead was as uncomfortable (and brilliant) as his infamous routine about Bill Cosby.
