You could also check out [begin shameless plug] my story Standup and Be Counted. [/end shameless plug] Their relationship flows along with the action plot, so it may not be what you're looking for. But chapters 12-14 have that revelation in them, and even though it isn't a funny story, there are elements of humor scattered throughout.

Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing