Best man wedding speeches that incorporate comedy are best served by those who can pull it off with comfort and ease. Funny best man wedding speeches are a big hit during the wedding reception. This style is best suited to my personality. I am a prankster by nature and I love to tell a good story, especially if it is funny. I just like to do it one on one and not in front of 500 guests at a wedding reception. Plus, how can I say this…my stories and jokes are usually a little, well maybe a lot, on the risque side. Most of my friends love my stories and howl with laughter, but I am not sure how Uncle Charlie, on the brides side of the family, would react to my standard routine. So, I have to plan this so I am funny, but also so that I do not offend anyone in the process.
Funny best man speeches can be great, but I had to find a way to keep it respectful and clean. Later in the evening, after several drinks and in small groups, I could let the X-rated stuff fly. Best man wedding speeches need to stay focused and targeted on the groom and his relationship with the bride. The groom can be lightly roasted, the bride walks on water.
Rapid fire one liners and slapstick gags are for professional stand-up comics. Comedy in a short speech format is in the form of a story and is about timing and momentum. I knew the wedding speech had to have moments of sincerity that tugs at the heart, then build to a comedic punch line. Laughter, subside, continue. Lower them gently once again, build the momentum, and then bring them up again with a funny recollection or punch line. After 3 or 4 of these “comedy waves, like a comedy roller coaster, then would come the genuine, from the heart, wedding toast. End of speech, applause, mission accomplished.
I had in my mind what I wanted to accomplish, but I did not know how I was going to get there. I searched and finally found all the resources in one place that I needed to put my plan into action. Whether you are planning a funny best man wedding speech or a serious best man wedding speech, I found all the tools I needed to finish the jigsaw puzzle I had started in my mind. My preparation culminated in one of the “best” best man wedding speeches ever, if I do say so myself, maybe slightly biased. Click here to find out how I put all the pieces together to give a fantastic best man wedding speech.
The only problem, if you can call it that, was deciding among the many directions that I could choose to go, all of them fantastic guidance. I just wish I had more best man wedding speeches to give. I truly did floor everyone that night and gave my brother and his lovely wife a night of fond memories.
