If material is good, get it out. If material is bad, invent stuff to make it funny . If you have to choice between funny or real, choice real. It has to be funny to watch. Lay out the funny joke.
Life is so funny , because it is illogical.
Look for funny , get to the heart of audience, they feel for them. Look for what is funny . Make it look funny . Some actors are very funny , but also real. The humanity of it.