by jmcinnis | Nov 20, 2010 | A. Humor Writing
Thanksgiving & Your Crazy Relatives! With Thanksgiving coming up, there is a TON of joke material that will write itself – just the crap that crazy/drunk/oblivious relatives are going to do, will keep you laughing for hours. Well, joking about people isn’t limited...
by jmcinnis | Nov 17, 2010 | A. Humor Writing
So much of what we focus on in joke writing is the punch line, but one way to make a great punch line is coming up with a great set-up line. My first three tips for a great set-up line are to: Make it Short. Bill Cosby can go on forever and ever, but the rest of us...
by jmcinnis | Nov 1, 2010 | A. Humor Writing
Okay, so I got busy last week and didn’t wrap up the Callbacks section. . . sorry, I had a blast going to the best haunted house, actually FOREST (www.MarkoffsHauntedForest.com), on the planet. . .and didn’t get as much done as I wanted. So, here’s the wrap up. . if...
by jmcinnis | Oct 25, 2010 | A. Humor Writing
Soup Bowls can be funny! Sometimes comedy can come from the most mundane of things. I just had a lot of fun with. . .(drum roll please). . SOUP BOWLS! Yeah, I know, not a hilarious topic. But I dragged the funny out of it pretty easily by making it a running theme,...
by jmcinnis | Oct 15, 2010 | A. Humor Writing
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8X5SX-KzDE Do you like the look of my new site? It was “fixed” by Mike over at www.theMegaphone.net. if you need your blog brought from the 80’s to the 2010’s, contact him! It’s in front of your face! So...
by jmcinnis | Oct 6, 2010 | A. Humor Writing
I think one thing that hangs many of us up in joke writing for a group that we are speaking to is that we think the jokes have to be SUPER FUNNY. Yes, you want ‘em to get a laugh, but remember that sometimes just mentioning the things that the group is going through,...
