My advice would be to keep it under five minutes, don't drink too much before hand and don't be affraid to use one liners. You have to be funny, quick, hearfelt and politcally correct. Practise it a couple times before the wedding and make sure the timing is good.
Google best man speeches and plagerize some of the classic cheesy one liners. There are thousands of one-liners out there that will go over pretty well in front of a room full of middle-aged people. Don't be affraid to use them.
The best advice I found was from a website, which basically explained that the Best Man speech was one of the easiest things in the world to do. It's may seem difficult at first, but you have to remeber that everyone in the room is rooting for you. They've been drinking for a while and all the proceedings have been fairly serious up until that moment. You are the guy who will lighten up the room and start the party section of the wedding. So be funny, quick and play to the auidence. Nobody wants to see you fail, they just want you to go up there tell an embarrassing story and make them laugh.
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