Loyal readers and indeed new ones will no doubt know the importance of including some funny Best Man jokes and one-liners in your Best Man speech, there are however other methods of ensuring beaming smiles and loud applause greet your Best Man speech.

1. Do the unexpected

Wedding guests love nothing more than the unexpected from a Best Man speech as they will have been to countless weddings themselves and witnessed the same old routines. Everyone expects the respective mothers to get lovely bouquets of flowers, however no one expects the father’s of the Bride and Groom to get anything so produce a gift for them, a bottle of champagne would be an ideal gift.

2.Don’t be afraid to show emotion

The ability to show some emotion whilst giving a Best Man speech is an excellent quality. Guests expect the Best Man to tell wisecrack after wisecrack they don’t expect him to say how proud he is of the Groom, or how he loves the Groom or how standing up giving the speech means so much to him. Showing emotion and humility will endear you to the guests more than any funny joke could.

3.Praise the parents of the Bride and Groom

It sounds simple but is often overlooked, you of course will compliment the Bride which is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser but also praise the Bride and Groom’s parents. As Best Man it stands to reason that you may know the Groom’s parents better but make sure you also compliment the Bride’s parents. When complimenting the Bride’s parents you could say “Upon meeting Sarah’s parents it was not difficult to understand where she got her manners, charm and good-nature from, they are wonderful people.”

4. Give the Groomsmen a mention

Showing a bit of humility goes a long way, particularly, when the Groomsmen have family attending the wedding. Announce how proud you are to be Best Man but that it is a title you share equally with the Groomsmen and finish by saying something like “for all their qualities I must warn you that the Groomsmen are the worst dancers in the world so keep your distance from them on the dancefloor.”

5. Give the Pageboy and Flowergirl a gift

When giving your speech ask the Pageboy and Flowergirl to join you at the top table, say some complimentary words about them and produce a gift for them. They may have already received a gift from previous speakers but irrespective, present them with a gift on behalf of yourself and the Groomsmen.

Using these ideas, along with a few jokes and sticking to the format of a Best Man speech will ensure that your speech goes down a treat. You should be relishing the thought of giving your Best Man speech and rightfully expect a deserved ovation once your speech ends.

I cannot over-emphasize the big difference between “telling’ a Best Man joke and “delivering” a Best Man joke. Telling the joke involves little more than reciting the lines of the joke whereas delivering the joke involves a little more animation and showmanship. Now don’t let those two words scare you because for a little more effort, your joke and more importantly your Best Man speech, will be remembered with a whole lot more fondness if you successfully deliver a few jokes rather than just recite them.

It is very simple to do, for example, if you are telling a joke about the Groom’s school days, you can reach into your pocket and unveil a tattered brown envelope which you can announce to the audience that it is an actual school-report belonging to the Groom and then say something like “I can hardly make out the grainy writing but I think it says since your last report you have hit rock bottom and started to dig.”

Another simple way to liven-up your speech is to say something like, “on the way to the wedding today we passed by the restaurant where John(Groom) brought Sarah (Bride) on their first date and as a memento myself and The Groomsmen went in to sample the food ourselves, (now pick up a fast food bag from under your table) I just hope John now that you are a married man you will be a little more extravagant when bringing the lovely Sarah out to dinner.”

Those examples add variety and, in the case of the School Report joke, a prop for your Best Man speech. However every Best Man speech must have a joke that you can recite with ease and deliver looking directly into the faces of the wedding guests.

For effect, if you are standing, talking with a roving microphone, take a little stroll along the top table as you deliver it, just ensure that you maintain eye-contact with the guests as you deliver it. This joke should be your main joke, the one that you believe will induce the best reaction, by the time you have had your short stroll and delivered the funny punch-line, you can rest confidently assured of a very warm reception from all the guests. By continuously looking at the guests whilst telling this joke you not only instill confidence in yourself, this confidence is mirrored in the interest of those listening and watching intently.

You have to use every opportunity possible to bring laughter to your speech and, for just a little more effort, you can help ensure that the Bride and Groom aren’t the only ones celebrating on the wedding day.

Best Man jokes are usually the center-piece of your Best Man speech, Best Man jokes are reliant on two things: good punchlines and an interested audience. Best Man jokes that are too long will instantly disengage the Wedding Guests, so make sure your jokes are either short and to the point or else one-liners.

We have previously looked at The Top 20 Best Man Jokes but today we are examining 5 short Best Man jokes that didn’t quite make our list but nonetheless are very funny in their own right.

You will note from the examples below that these one-liners are flowing, fluid lines that can be dropped in at any time during your Best Man speech.

5 More Best Man Jokes

5) Marriage is a serious business that shouldn’t be entered into lightly and by looking at the Groom you can see that it’s been a long time since John entered into anything lightly.

4) Today I am meant to sing the Groom’s praises, well I can’t sing and I certainly won’t lie.

3) I had an idea that it was going to be difficult to follow the Groom’s speech, and I was right, I couldn’t follow a word of it.

2) Remember John that a happy marriage is when one person is always right, and the other person is the husband.

1) Sarah is a beautiful girl who truly deserves a handsome, charming, intelligent husband, thankfully John you managed to marry her before she found one.

You can click here to find over 200 Best Man jokes certain to have the wedding guests revelling in loud laughter and wildly applauding your every joke. 

If your Best Man speech is sprinkled with short jokes and one-liners you will have a fully-engaged audience for the entirety of your speech. With you providing the right content (and you are on the right site for that) you can rest assured that your Best Man speech will have guest’s rising from their seats to give you the ovation you deserve.