Getting a Laugh: How to Make Something Funny

Been wanting to make an ongoing series on comedy writing for a while. Let me know if you're like to see them run along side the regular uploads.

Find me here too, and some very exciting things about to happen on the Super Secret Future channel!

[jubbsticksmusic]

**says there’s no rules in comedy**

**explains the rules of comedy**

[EappleSandbox]

If you want someone to laugh, tell them how often you upload.

[cheesegoddesss]

“You can’t laugh and be offended at the same time.”

This is what his whole channel is built on lol

[myrawest]

I'm the person who trails off, getting quieter and and more timid until whispering the punchline and apologizing for not being funny

[willco]

His video on comedy is the most serious video he’s ever made.

[waychamp]

This entire video is him setting up a joke comparing comedy and cancer

[AustPro]

“What’s the most complex thing you’ve ever made in a kitchen”

My sister

[crad]

Being able to tell an unfunny joke and everyone still die of laughter is heights i have not yet reached

[LearnSpanishThroughMusic]

"Of all people, you'd think he'd know the damage you can inflict from a misplaced nut"

[CurtRichy]

Wow this was actually helpful now i can be slightly less unfunny thank you

[vancityband]

Best explanation of comedy I've heard is it's about finding connections and revealing hidden truths between two seemingly unrelated subjects. What makes you laugh is when the comedian reveals the connection and you realize "goddamit, that's so TRUE!"

[cajaledu]

“You can’t laugh and be offended at the same time”
Will Smith disagrees.

[shan]

Audience: laughs loudly

Do they find your jokes funny?

C. Again, can't tell

[Katsoup]

"Of all people you'd think he'd know the damage of a misplaced nut."

Expectations obliterated. Probably the best joke in the whole video.

[vivianoranges]

Thank you, it's actually really rewarding to see/hear well-crafted jokes rather than disguised verbal abuse

[WoodlandsAway]

1. Writing a Joke (Setup, Premise, Establishing Audience's Expectation & Breaking it)
2. Delivery (Expressing the joke, Be 100% invested in the joke)
3. Revising the Joke (Adding Specificity, Funny > Offensive ✔, Cadence)

Practice, Read & Listen a lot

[dexis]

“Comedy is like cancer, you either give up or get better”

I know what my senior year quote will be

[TalesofTaylor]

That Loius CK misplaced nut joke made me burst out laughing.

[sleepysteev]

"As far as I know, when someone dies of cancer the cancer dies with them. That's not a loss, that's a draw."

-Norm Macdonald

[jack]

The pickle juice joke was a great example of delivery, that comedian was only at the setup and he had me laughing