How to Write a Joke

Comedy writer Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show, The Flop House (flophousepodcast.com), Mystery Science Theater 3000 (mst3k.com), and co-host of the 99% Invisible Breakdown of The Power Broker (99percentinvisible.org/powerbroker)) spills the secrets of how he grows jokes from tiny ideas into full-blown laughs.
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense (bookshop.org/a/11658/9780226829920) is out on Nov 12. Find it in your favorite bookstore.

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