Here is an old (1958) recording of a speech by Gerard Hoffnung to the Oxford Union. Listen to the bricklayer story about a third of the way in.
http://beemp3.com/download.php?file=584603&song=Oxford+Union+Address
I heard it again on the radio over the weekend. It’s very funny for two reasons.
- Timing is the essence of comedy. He get’s it perfectly. The power is in the pause.
- Gerard paints a picture in your mind before he says what happens. You know exactly what’s going to happen before he says it! And it seems doubly funny.
Make your communication more impactful by using pause and by painting pictures in your ausiences’ mind.
