影视英语口语:开人玩笑

“开人玩笑”在英语口语里能怎么说？

初级口语：make a joke
高级口语：pull one's leg

素材来源：《超人新冒险》
剧情简介：超人的出现使得报社的众人手忙脚乱，大家都想要抢到和超人相关的大新闻，这时Lois等人正围着漫画师给超人画像，Lois对于漫画师的画作相当不满意，觉得太死板太平凡了……

【台词片段】
PERRY: I need your piece on the auto show, Lois.
LOIS: I don't have it.
PERRY: You don't have it?
LOIS: I've been working on this instead.
PERRY: Assignments are not optional at the Daily Planet. We write what we are assigned to write. Furthermore... What is this? Oh, boy. That'll be the day Lois Lane will back down off of a story. You've been funning with me, haven't you? Pulling your old editor's leg. But, you see, I knew about it all along. You all got to be ashamed of yourselves for what you been thinking. Kent. I want to thank you for a first-rate job.