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Apr 7, 20212 min read
The Adverb's Place in Humor
You’ve probably heard that adverbs are the spawn of Satan and a well meaning but old and faded plastic fern. They kinda are. But that...
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Nov 29, 20203 min read
The Key To Humor
To write a funny book you really only need to master one thing: surprise. And how do we surprise someone? Set them up to expect one...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
The Straight Men of Comedy
"Well, the straight guy is never given enough credit... [Bud] Abbott gets no credit for framing a gag, for the architecture, for the...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
How to Write Humor: Scatological Jokes
Scatology: "interest in or treatment of obscene matters especially in literature” - Merriam Webster So, basically, your common fart joke....
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Nov 29, 20203 min read
How to Write Humor: Oddly Specific
This is part of series of blogs based on humor techniques I studied during my brief tenure as Serious Humorologist at the University of...
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