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David Mitchell

Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true! That's why I always kill jokes. I'm terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I can't get the character right, a

David Mitchell

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David Mitchell is saying that humor comes more from how a character behaves than from the jokes themselves. He admits he struggles with making jokes funny because he focuses on the joke but fails to create a believable or amusing character to deliver it.

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