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{{quote|''"A punchline should be equated to an actual punch in the face. That's why it's called a punch-line. You deliver it and run. [[Don't Explain the Joke|You do not hang around explaining how you did the punch and that the recipient should probably be in a lot of pain now]]."''|'''Ben [[Zero Punctuation|"Yahtzee"]] Croshaw'''}}

That which ends the joke and makes it funny. This is where dodgy [[Sitcom~~|Sitcoms~~]] cue the [[Laugh Track]].

That which ends the joke and makes it funny. This is where dodgy [[Sitcom]]s cue the [[Laugh Track]].

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** ''A Bit of Fry and Laurie'' ended another sketch by having all the characters walk out of a boardroom after Hugh upsets a 'foreign' woman by saying English words that just happen to be offensive words in her language. Then having the shot lingering on the empty set and surrounding studio while a caption made various remarks such as "Rooms spend most their time empty don't they?". At one point a mysterious nude man walked past in gloom at the back of the studio. The characters did eventually come back but only for a huge fight to kick off.

** They were quite fond of this kind of thing. One sketch ended with Fry asking "What do you think?" as part of the sketch, to which Laurie replied by giving a critique of the way Fry had written the sketch.

* ''[[The Fast Show]]''`s core concept is an inversion of the Python type approach, instead being practically ''all'' punchlines with very little lead-up. This was also sometimes used by ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and its [[Spiritual Successor~~|Spiritual Successors~~]], but interspersed in between more conventional sketches.

* ''[[The Fast Show]]''`s core concept is an inversion of the Python type approach, instead being practically ''all'' punchlines with very little lead-up. This was also sometimes used by ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' and its [[Spiritual Successor]]s, but interspersed in between more conventional sketches.

* Six episodes in Series 10 of ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' (aired in early 2002) had Mark reading off a punchline in the beginning of each episode (before guest introductions) and telling the full joke later during the show. The full list (highlight to read the full joke):

** {{spoiler|Buddy Holly only decided to take his fatal plane trip in order to get the band's laundry done. When The Crickets arrived at the gig, the manager broke the bad news to them:}} "Sorry lads, you've got no clean pants. {{spoiler|Oh, and, uh, four eyes is dead}}."