Setup: Man Crashes Into a Cop Car While Playing Pokemon Go
Punch Line: The good news is he found 3 in the holding cell.
Writer: Ray Topper
Category Archives: Joke Writing Workshop
Joe shows how the writing techniques in his book apply to some jokes about current events.
Joke About Smoking Outside Starbucks
Setup: Starbucks Bans Smoking Within 25 Feet of Stores
Punch Line: It’s impossible, within 25 feet, there’s already the next Starbucks.
Writer: Marco Arrigoni
Joke About the Spice Girls Reunion
Setup: Spice Girls planning a reunion in 2017
Punch Line: To appeal to millennials they’ve added a new member, Pumpkin Spice.
Writer: Glen
Joke About Scented Candles and Cancer
Setup: Scented candles may cause cancer.
Punch Line: Especially if you use them to light your cigarettes.
Writer: Brian Gershowitz
Joke About Robbers with Pink Gun
Setup: Philadelphia police seek robbers with pink gun
Punch Line: Suspects are said to be “armed and fabulous.”
Writer: Jeff Scott
Joke About Millennial Magazines
Setup: Millennial magazines
Punch Line: Tweeter’s Digest
Writer: Adam Gabel
Joke About Tinder for People Under 18
Setup: Tinder to discontinue service for anyone under 18
Punch Line: They are launching an app for under-aged people called “Kinder.”
Writer: Aryn Corley
Joke About Bad Summer Camp Names
Setup: Bad summer camp names
Punch Line: Camp Sandusky
Writer: Jason Holland
Joke About Man Pulling a Bus
Setup: Ironman sets world record after pulling double-decker bus with his hair
Punch Line: The record? “World’s Latest Bus.”
Writer: Melanie Angel
Joke About a Bank-Robbing Babysitter
Setup: Colorado babysitter allegedly takes kids to bank robbery
Punch Line: “And the lollipops too. Toss them into the bag.”
Writer: Jun C