Setup: World’s first text message sent 25 years ago today
Punch Line: And since the user was on AT&T, it just now arrived.
Writer: Terry Stain
Category Archives: Joke Writing Workshop
Four-time Emmy winner Joe Toplyn shows how the writing techniques in his book apply to some jokes about current events.
Joke About Blue Apron’s CEO
Setup: Blue Apron’s CEO is out
Punch Line: They’ll send him his stuff in a box next month.
Writer: Jeff Sawyer
Joke About Personality and Intelligence
Setup: The one personality trait intelligent people have, and stupid people don’t
Punch Line: The ability not to open click-bait articles.
Writer: Costa Tsimiklis
Joke About Star Scrabble Player
Setup: UK Scrabble group bans star player for breaking tile rule
Punch Line: I have no words for this.
Writer: Andrew Fruchtman
Joke About Louis C.K.’s Movie
Setup: Universal Drops Louis C.K. From ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’
Punch Line: Couldn’t they just neuter him?
Writer: Peter Swanz
Joke About Smashing Walnuts
Setup: Man smashes record 302 walnuts in 55 seconds
Punch Line: Just a few less nut smashes per minute than America’s Funniest Home Videos.
Writer: Nick Staron
Joke About Algebra
Setup: Professor says algebra and geometry perpetuate white privilege.
Punch Line: From here on in, students will solve for Malcolm X.
Writer: Jake Jacobson
Joke About Airbnb’s Apartment Building
Setup: Airbnb Is Opening Its Own Apartment Building
Punch Line: They’re calling it a “hotel.”
Writer: Mike Frankovich
Joke About Americans’ Obesity
Setup: CDC: Americans’ Obesity Reaches Record High
Punch Line: Turns out the seas aren’t rising, America’s land mass is just sinking.
Writer: Michelle Nussey
Joke About O. J. Simpson Playing Golf
Setup: OJ Simpson celebrates freedom with round of golf in the backyard of his new home
Punch Line: Gets new endorsement deal with Nike golf gloves.
Writer: Scott Kelley