Comedy Writing Articles
Joe’s articles about writing tips, late-night TV, and the craft of creating jokes.
Joe’s articles about writing tips, late-night TV, and the craft of creating jokes.
Before long, a computer will write jokes as funny as those created by professional comedy writers. I’m no expert in computational humor, but I am…
Recently I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussion about writing for late-night TV. It was sponsored by the Center for Communication and…
In my book I tell an anecdote about how a joke I wrote for “Late Night with David Letterman” almost fractured my skull. This video…
I’ve heard that some writers get writer’s block when they face a blank page. They don’t know how to start writing. They have no ideas.…
You have a host. Your assignment is to build a new comedy/talk show around him or her. How do you even begin to do that?…
[Possibly NSFW because of the photo of Kim K.] I had just posted this joke on Twitter: Yes, sometimes I tweet jokes about Kim Kardashian’s…