What do you do when you’re faced with writing bits for people who don’t want to be funny? How do you dodge giving your grandfather golfing bits while keeping your fifty-dollar birthday check?

Samaritas is collaborating with LaughFest to hold a class, How To Write A Joke, where attendees can learn the process on how to write and deliver a good joke.

You know how to write a joke. You’ve done Conan. I’m watching your set. Could you walk me through how you built that joke about your girlfriend catching you masturbating in a trap in the woods?

Gags. Jokes. One-liners. A gag is a vehicle for comedy, pared down to its smallest, most potent form. We are immensely keen to encourage our members to write jokes, and to improve their joke writing ...

A joke Mahbubani tells in Cantonese starts with him narrating a recent trip to the market, where vendors address him in Chinglish, hoping he will help improve their English.

HIT PAUSE: Politics has long been a bedrock of SNL’s humour, writes Amanda Whiting. Now, the show’s adapting to politics becomes so dysfunctional its already a joke ...

1. Write five jokes Open mics offer a wide range of set times for performers, ranging from as little as a minute to up to ten minutes in scenes without a lot of comics.

He’ll pick around 15 jokes that he likes for that night’s show — with length varying depending on how good the material is and how much (or little) time we have to fill.