comic delivery

Conclusion Based on this study of Jasper Carrott’s ‘Mother-in-Law / Learner Driver’ sketch I can conclude that his delivery has indeed become much more polished with time. In conjunction with intonation, gestures and use of accents, his final act sis so well rehearsed that, grammatically, it is as highly structured as the version found in […]

Appendix A : Key to the notation forms used in the transcriptions (.) Pause of a second or less (#) Pause of greater than 1 second. Duration gives (i.e. (3) for three-second pause). (J.#) Deliberate pause to prompt audience response or laughter (*#) Duration of audience laughter (J*#) Duration of audience laughter, initiated by Jasper