Turning jokes into ACT OUTS - good idea/bad idea?

Hey all, newbie here (20 gigs or so)

I noticed something the other day with my material, and I can't tell if it's a revelation or not...

But I've realised a lot of my jokes I can switch ever so slightly and turn them into act-outs. And I'm wondering if that's a good, general idea to go with or not?

When making it an act out, I definitely find more little tags that a 'character' can say, or something for them to do... it seems like it would be up my laughter rate per joke?

So I guess I the question is, if a joke CAN be an act out, should it be?

When should it not be? Is there a way to tell, in the writing stage, which way to play it?