She remembers the little brother who loved playing pool, doing the jitterbug dance and telling jokes.

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The agents are a jovial lot, and spend a fair amount of time laughing and telling jokes.

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And as with the early versions he closed the show on stage, holding a microphone, and telling jokes.

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Oswalt has no obvious ties to Boston, and he makes a living telling jokes, not comforting the afflicted.

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But this man is telling jokes, and they're going down well.

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"If a robot just walks out there telling random jokes and not acknowledging that he is a robot, it isn't going to create a rapport with the audience, " she noted.

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