Yeah there's more than one way to do it. You can do it by speaking directly to the audience or, like Conan said, break character or mention that something is staged.
A couple paraphrased examples (that I couldn't find on youtube):
Boston Legal - A character makes a passing remark to another character: "Hey, where have you been? I haven't seen you at all this episode."
Flight of the Conchords - Murray: "Why are you always doing that, Jemaine? You're always making these smart alec comments."
Jemaine: "I think that if someone were to watch this they would appreciate my dry sense of humour and find it funny."
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