Setup: Police: Masked Man in Elvis Wig Robbed Tasting Room at Winery
Punch Line: Understandably, the locals are all shook up.
Writer: Jay Stone
Category Archives: Joke Writing Workshop
Joe shows how the writing techniques in his book apply to some jokes about current events.
Joke About Civil War Cannons
Setup: Three Civil War cannons removed from South Carolina River
Punch Line: Their cannons were in the river? No wonder the South lost.
Writer: Maria Wojciechowski
Joke About Astronomer Geoff Marcy
Setup: Astronomer Geoff Marcy is leaving Berkeley in wake of sexual harassment scandal.
Punch Line: Sounds like he was reaching for more than the stars.
Writer: Lina Jane
Joke About Paul Prudhomme
Setup: Paul Prudhomme, Cajun Chef and Inventor of Turducken, Dies
Punch Line: He’s going to be buried in a body-bag inside of a coffin inside of a sarcophagus.
Writer: Jon Valley