Adding humour to a wedding speech.

My mother is re-marrying a man who has been my friend for over 20 years. I am ecstatic. I have been asked to be Best Lady and hence I am to make a speech. How do I add humour to my speech, bearing in mind that I know both parties very well, they are both and older couple and I am also responsible for them meeting? Please help...!!

redSalsera

Seriously, your wedding speech doesn't have to be super funny. And in your case what you really need is to express your love, acceptance and understanding to each other as a family. The worst thing you might fall into is presenting a bad taste joke that your mother or the audience doesn't adore.

A wedding speech, should have some humor in it. However, this should not be some stand up comedy act and should have a good combination of humor as well as sentiment yet classy.

That wedding sounds like a lovely occasion. A Best Man or Best Lady speech doesnt necessarily need to be awash with humor as compliments and flattery play a major part too in successful Best Man speeches.

If you do want to add humor try to tell a short funny story about their relationship, you can use a funny quote about marriage, there are many examples of this such as this gem from Groucho Marx " I was married by a judge I should have asked for a jury!"

A good way of bringing humour to the Best Man / Best Lady speech, when you know both parties, is to use opposite traits in funny way such as the examples below.

She loves cooking... he loves eating.
He loves Bach... she loves The Backstreet Boys.
She loves swimming in the sea... he loves surfing the web.

Another way to bring great laughter to the wedding is to read some fake emails / faxes at the end of your speech, these props will work very well for you.

Best man speech humor and best lady humor is no different.

Contrast is great for humor. What two characteristics are at odds with each other? For example, if the groom is a sportsman and the bride is a clutz.

I don't particularly like wedding jokes. I prefer stories - short stories (under a paragraph). Can you think of any embarrassing stories?

This article has some ideas about a humorous best man speech that you can apply to your situation.

Another way to be funny when giving a Best Lady / Best Man speech is to offer funny wedding advice to the happy couple.

This works well whether you are married or not, if you are not married you can say "As I am not married I had to turn to the internet to find advice on marriage and I learned that....."

Yes..you can easily add humor to the speech if you really know the background of the groom and bride. But I have a tips for you on how to become a funny best man speech speaker. I have read this article over ezinearticles page.


hope it helps...

Steve