I can't understand this:
How do you catch a tame rabbit?
The tame way
I found that tame means:
not dangerous or frightened of people; domesticated.
But how does this fit into the joke?
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The meaning of "paw" is an animal's foot, it sounds like "pa" (an informal word for dad/father).
In cowboy movies, back in the 1940s-50s, there was always the good guy and the bad guy. The bad guy would nearly always be an outlaw, a bandit, a notorious gunfighter or a corrupt sheriff. The movie audience would know him by his black cowboy hat. The good guy, would often be a person who had suffered a wrong in the past.
At the beginning of the movie, the bad guy would burst into the saloon and announce dramatically to the patrons of said bar: I'm looking for a man named McCallister. Does anyone know where he is? Cue scrambling of tables, chairs scraping and crashing onto the ground as people fled from the inevitable gunfight.
The pun plays on this well-known trope and on the stereotypical American drawl; the vowel in "pa" and "paw" would be drawn out, i.e. /pa:/ and /pɔ/, the latter of which is only similar to the British English pronunciation /pɔː/ but close enough so that everyone gets the joke.
The meaning of "spring in one's step", as Manny used it, is this:
Wiktionary
spring in one's step (idiomatic)
enthusiasm, energy or a positive outlook or cheerful attitude.
After her promotion, she carried out her new position with a spring in her step and a contagious smile.
The meaning of "spring" is "jump" or "leap". Someone who has a spring in his step is the opposite of someone who is depressed.
However, Jay has interpreted "spring in my step" to mean that Manny's peers have told him he has a spring in his step because they think he is effeminate, or even homosexual. Manny didn't mean it that way at all, and "spring in my step" is his own phrase, used to mean that he is light-hearted because of his infatuation with a girl. The joke is Jay's misinterpretation, contrasted with Manny's unconcern.
Compare "light in the loafers":
Grammarphobia
Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang (2d ed.) has only a brief entry, describing the expression as ‘50s American slang and adding that “the image is the stereotyped effeminate male, tripping along.”
The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, which defines it as effeminate or homosexual, lists a series of references for the expression dating from 1967 to 1996.
Best Answer
I suspect this joke is intended to follow one about catching a wild rabbit. Therefore, it's a wordplay based on lisping "the same way [as you catch a wild rabbit]" as "the tame way".
It's not really all that funny, so don't worry about it.