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I've had guests to my class to teach "improv comedy" -- with the goal of helping students learn to think on their feet. Can they be taught to be funny? Maybe, yes, with time and practice and exposure to elements of humour, and their own motivation, it might be possible to teach an unfunny person to be funny.
Regarding an unteachable student: yes, of course. They are unteachable if they do not want what you are giving them. If there is no trust and no respect and no interest, it would be very very hard to "teach" anything. Even so, I'd like to think that maybe I taught something to the kids in the young offenders prison where I once worked. Nah, probably not.