“Folks, we've got a great show.”
Late Night Host
Monologue timing — set-up, beat, punchline — with an audience already on side.
- Male
- American
- Adult
- Wry
- Bright
- Conversational
Sample script
Scientists say the average person checks their phone 96 times a day. Which, coincidentally, is also how many times I checked mine writing that sentence.
How it reads
Late Night Host is the only voice in the catalogue tuned specifically for comic timing. It plants a small pause exactly where a punchline needs one and lifts fractionally on the set-up so the joke has somewhere to fall from.
The tone is warm rather than sarcastic, which keeps written jokes from reading as mean when they are performed.
Write it like a monologue: short paragraphs, one joke each. It will find the beat on its own.
Best for
- Comedy monologues and sketches
- Topical news satire
- Podcast and show intros
- Roast-style social videos
At a glance
- Category
- Famous-style
- Gender
- Male
- Accent
- American
- Age
- Adult
- Character
- Wry, Bright, Conversational
Writing for it
Let sentences run
This voice holds its shape across longer clauses, so full sentences read better than clipped fragments.
Punctuate for the pause
A full stop gives a longer gap than a comma, an ellipsis longer still. Use them to place the beat.
Give it clean space
A smooth voice with little texture needs headroom. Duck the music under it rather than pushing the level.
Questions
Monologue timing — set-up, beat, punchline — with an audience already on side. It is a male American voice in the famous-style category, characterised as wry, bright, conversational. Late Night Host is the only voice in the catalogue tuned specifically for comic timing. It plants a small pause exactly where a punchline needs one and lifts fractionally on the set-up so the joke has somewhere to fall from.
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