I went through a wormhole." Worms in the audience: Omg this is so unrealistic.
Because they literally can't even.
They thought the traveling salesman told the farmer to put his name on the dotted swine.
To observe spooky action at a distance! Thank you, I'll be here all week.
They both tell the audience what they are glad to hear. But at the end, the audience laughs at the comic, and the politician laughs at the audience.
Because the audiences are shaken, not stirred.