Constriction enhances creativity helps a lot in photography too. Most beginner photographers want a zoom lens when a fixed non-zoom lens can be their best friend.
"Constriction" is like the river-bed; the canyon of earth & stone that *is* the force of resistance _neccessary_ to drive the waters from the mountain to the sea... Or the jokes from the Mind to the paper! 😁👍
Great video! Would love to see a video on how to come up with punchlines. I've noticed in longer bits comedians will weave in multiple punchlines as well if the premise is too long so they have 2 or 3 smaller laughs until the big punchline. And then even after the big laugh they have another quick tag to keep them laughing. Any advice is appreciated, thanks for all you do!
I've got to tell you, I just ordered my laptop so I can create joke logs, word banks, and get my show on the road! Thanks to you, my friend! When is the next night beginning class? I'm really making plans to get work around so I may focus on this!
Good stuff. I like when you just run through examples like this, so we get an idea of how your mind is processing through all the great tools you have put together and shared.
Thank you! You are amazing! I am not sure why you don't have more followers but people are truly missing out. Btw I tried looking you up on twitter and I couldn't find you.
My colorblind friend and I were meeting up at a motel to come up with some comedy material..... I called him..... " hey I made reservations for the Orange Roof Inn"
Hey, everybody. I don't know if this will help all of you, but I've noticed that I am funniest at certain times of the day. When I wake up, if I don't drink coffee or have a cigarette, I write great material. My funniest work by far. The longer I can go, the more I can get out, which is usually about two hours before I cave in and get the drugs. I have no idea why I'm funnier at that point when I'm jonesing for caffeine and nicotine but there it is. Also, the shower and the car I am effortlessly funny. Just some tricks to try, my best to all of you.
Great video, Jerry! Loved the joke about your friend's Dad teaching him to pee in a Gatorade bottle while doing 65. Made me laugh out loud too. Reminds me of something my Dad would do...could write a whole set on that alone! Cheers!
Out of context they might not be funny to you, because I’m just reading them, but I’ve tested those jokes in front of several audiences and they work. The audience is always the final judge. Maybe you’re one of those people that need to hear an audience’s laughter to determine whether something’s funny or not. You should be a talent coordinator. 😂
Whats up doc? I recently did my first open mic. last night actually. I used many of your vids to help get me acclimated to actually writing jokes. so thank you for that. One quick question tho...Im writing subtitles for the crap vid i got of it and there is one joke where I use the words peaked/peeked in a joke where you think i mean peaked but it turns out I meant peeked. How should I write it for subtitles?
Thanks for the comment Mike. With regard to the the subtitles, I kinda know what you’re talking about. I would probably use quotation marks for the misdirected version of “peaked” (peeked) Then no quotes when it’s revealed that you are using peeked. I have a similar dilemma with a joke I do where the wordplay is Marry / Mary. “I was so taken aback by the size of her boobs, I named them [indicating the left breast)] ‘Marry’ [INDICATING THE RIGHT BREAST] Me.” You could also indicate in brackets [PLAY ON THE WORD Peeked]. But because it’s not dialogue and it’s subtitles for a stand up monologue, I would just use the quotes. I hope this helps
Happy Father's Day! Oh you didn't know you were a father well the Google search finally helped me track you down! Yeah, you can run, but you can hide! Isn't technology wonderful!
Since many kids these days are growing up without fathers, I don't make Dad jokes anymore, not because I'm a softy, but Dad jokes are just Unrelatable...
