Related Clues:

• Fallon's repertoire
• Banter, essentially
• Stand-up fare
• Rita Rudner's repertoire
• Some speeches open with them ... as do this puzzle's four longest entries
• Short gag about fine Christmas cracker contents
• Monologue bits
• "A guy walks into a bar . . ." bits
• Dances to Cab Calloway music, say
• Routine material
• Plays a joke on
• Talks misleadingly, old-slang
• Does some leg-pulling
• Playful taunts
• Speaks jokingly