Ronny Chieng, Gary Gulman and other comics are experimenting with long buildups that can be audacious … when they work.

You have to admit that dad jokes — as dumb as they are — are still pretty darn funny. Which is why it's hard not to tell them. Even better than corny one-liners, however, are dark humor jokes.

Very rugged. How do you prevent diseases ... Why shouldn’t you eat clowns? They taste funny. When does a dad joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent. A bossy man walked into a bar.

Are you a bank loan? Because you got my interest. I heard a joke about chocolate candy bars. It wasn't very funny. But I still Snickered. What did one tangerine say to the other on Valentine's Day?