I don’t discredit either approach: it’s good to activate the mind, which is what some audience members are looking for; and it’s just as good to get in touch with the body, which is the most basic language we all share, regardless of tongue, and is very important to know. Dane Cook was more physical and gained much more mainstream success with the same jokes as Louis C.K. Nothing endears instant acceptance like body language, and yet nothing is appreciated more than an original thought, and thus they are both valuable. Whatever approach you decide on, delivery wise, whether it’s focusing on TONE! and body language, or whether the idea is funny by itself and all you have to do is tell it, If it’s authentically coming from you, from a standpoint that you believe in, then it’s new, and people want to hear new. The same ideas, spoken with the voice and acted with the body, in a new way, gives the joke new life and makes it funny for new reasons. Emulate what you love until you figure out which particular bits make it yours.