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Writing Jokes Like a Pro

Name: Writing Jokes Like a Pro
Uploaded: 2025-09-03T21:00:33+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Mick Hunt
Description: A short first-person account of a comedian’s approach to writing jokes: uses a basic premise–setup–punchline formula learned from a book, sometimes…

3 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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A short first-person account of a comedian’s approach to writing jokes: uses a basic premise–setup–punchline formula learned from a book, sometimes improvises onstage, and alternately writes complete drafts then heavily trims them. Emphasizes experimenting with multiple processes (riffing, structured drafting, heavy editing).

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It wasn't ever hard because I got a buddy of mine named Carmen Valone that gave me this book called the Comedy Bible. So, I mean, like, premise, setup, punchline, I keep that in my mind. But a lot of the times, I don't even write like that. That's just a basic formula. Like, I need some type of formula I can come with nothing. Like, sometimes I might just say something funny, and I just take it to the stage and I riff on it a little bit, and then I try to build a structure off of that. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and I just write out a whole joke, word for word, and I cut out, like, 80% of it. And that actually works, you know?