Tag: Curious George
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Joke About Cocaine in Bananas
The joke: Police in Montenegro say they’ve seized over 1 ton of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas. Police became suspicious when they read the new book, “Curious George Joins the Sinaloa Cartel.” How I wrote it: This news item seemed like a promising topic for a joke because its two handles–“1 ton of…
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How to Write a Desk Piece
That’s an example of a joke in a Desk Piece, a type of short-form comedy that’s popular on many comedy/talk shows. A Desk Piece is a segment of fully-scripted comedy that the host performs by himself while sitting at his desk. Here’s how I wrote that joke. The process was very similar to that of…