Humorous Best Man Speeches

by Alex Thornton on February 26, 2010

One of the primary goals of the best man’s speech is to make the audience laugh. Humorous best man speeches are usually the highlight of the evening. You’re probably unsure of what is proper wedding humor and this article will lay it out clearly.

For most people I recommend staying away from best man jokes. The timing and delivery of jokes is a lot harder than comedians make it look.

The best place to start your humorous best man speech is trying to remember some real-life stories. Your delivery should be no different than if you were sitting around at a bar telling a story to your friends. In other words keep it conversational in tone. If you want some examples of funny best man speech material you can take a look at this article.

Most humorous best man speeches focus on stories from high school or college or even elementary school. The easiest place to start is with embarrassing stories. For example, I remember one funny best man speech that focused on the groom wearing a pumpkin costume with green spandex tights for Halloween one year. Funny stuff.

Test your humorous best man speech on some of your friends. Find people who have never heard the stories in order to get a fresh take on your material. You should also test your material on people from different age groups. Test out your humorous best man speech material on your grandmother and your kid brother and see if they laugh. You should also ask other people if they find any material offensive.

You can find more funny best man speeches that you can customize by just filling in the blanks. It’s always easiest to start your speech from a template.


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