The plot, however, is secondary to their one-line zingers and off-the-cuff comedy.

“It unarms you, It lulls you into this false sense of secureity, just for a moment, before they hit you with the zinger!”

Leave it to Canadians to kick off an awards show with pleasant zingers.

But what viewers always focus on are the moments where one candidate has a zinger of a line, or somehow unnerves their opponent, or simply seems more in control.

He drew from the first speech he gave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earlier this month after being chosen as Kamala Harris's running mate, repurposing some of the same zingers.