Month: January 2021
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Joke About Long Lines for the Vaccine
The joke: People are desperate. They want to know if they’re eligible. They’re trying to get on the list, waiting in long lines, sleeping in their cars. They all want to get one before the supply runs out. Yes, I’m talking about Presidential pardons. How I wrote it: I got the idea for this joke…
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Joke About Biden’s Inauguration
The joke: The schedule is now set for Inauguration Day. And this is interesting: at the exact same time that Chief Justice John Roberts will be swearing in Joe Biden, Donald Trump will be swearing at Joe Biden. How I wrote it: I wanted to write a joke about the upcoming inauguration because it was…
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Joke About Trump’s Twitter Account
The joke: Yesterday Twitter suspended the account of President Trump. He responded by launching his own version of Snapchat–Crapchat. How I wrote it: The biggest news story at the time was the storming of the Capitol building, but that didn’t lend itself easily to joke writing. So instead I chose for a topic a related…
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Joke About Hilaria Baldwin
The joke: It’s New Year’s Day. Or as Hilaria Baldwin said, “It’s New Year’s Day…No, wait a second, I mean, Es el Día de Año Nuevo.” How I wrote it: On Dave Letterman’s late-night shows we used to do a kind of desk piece consisting of jokes about how some topic would affect various celebrities.…