You should come to my house when my brothers and sisters are here. I'm by no means the funniest. In writing, I've learned you can't push too much. If you do, it's not going to be right. They can't get the timing down.
Stories have rhythm.
Comedy has a different rhythm and if you can't master it, it falls flat. To this day I still love Bill Cosby's Fatherhood . He has superb timing. There are too many to list. I read books, magazines, newspapers, editorials, periodicals, classics, children's books and textbooks.