and what i mean by that is

jokes have a prosody to them, at least the way mike birbliglia tells them, where i don't wanna look away for a second because i'm not sure where this is going and it's killing me but i almost don't want to find out. and then i do find out and it's hilarious and i want to know MORE. and then he says something about his doctor and we move on. but we always come back.