Norm McDonald said something I hope I never forget. (paraphrasing) "Too many comics are more concerned with seeming smart than being funny. No one wants to listen to a guy on stage who fancies himself smarter than the audience." On many occasions, I have fallen prey to my own ego, and a joke flopped because I was trying too hard to seem smart.
maybe,, but I really do enjoy an intelligent comedian, such as Trevor Noah, informative and smart yet funny, it helps to be smart naturally and then go for the funny not the other way around. He is also good with voice impersonations and physical comedy. I do not really enjoy vulgarity, do you think that the vulgarity is easier to do or that some people prefer it?
@Katherine Gordon Trevor is neither smart nor funny. He is the poster child of everything wrong with "entertainment " today. Foux intellectual projecting uneducated politics.
@@matrixist Trevor Noah is smart, he’s just intellectually dishonest (mostly through cherry picking and strawmanning). He is funny in direct proportion to how far left you lean. As someone right-of-center, I find him “meh,” but I can understand why people like him.
@Jason Hollowell He had probably 20 writers writing his material, and he never said anything funny in his entire career. He just placate to a false democratic Hollywood narrative.
I love your honesty but as a fellow someone who has tried his hand at writing jokes I would like to offer a defence for you! Perhaps maybe you had tried on occasion to be clever in your joke writing. I haven't met you but I can safely bet that you wrote with the intention to be funny first. The distracting second was that you inadvertently included a sound or be clever clause in your joke also. You will no doubt agree with me that no way in hell did you write a joke to be clever exclusively. Ofcourse not! Funny was your main motive. And so I want you to revisit those jokes and moments and recognise that your want to be funny first had you write anything at all. Thank god you are writing! I worte jokes that weren't funny first. I tried them and bombed. Later I rewrote one joke that bombed evey time but now lands every time. My support for you then here is, revisit your clever jokes. Can you write the clever out of them and are those jokes funny conceptionally without cleverness being a feature. I wrote a joke recently with word play. I got the laugh when I dumbed my wording and reduced my word use. The joke worked now because of its new simplicity. I got out of the jokes way. I wrote it and told it but my listeners understood it as if they write it themselves. Be the vessel, not the reason. You are on that path though, so word of support from this stranger
I changed the wording on the phobias joke a bit. My immediate thought was "I have a fear of someone standing in front of me. It's called social anxiety."
Great information and insight! “The genius is in the simplicity.” That phrase alone says a lot about writing and performing comedy. Many comics try to over analyze and over explain material. As a fellow comic who has been doing stand up comedy since March 2015, this further helps me in my craft and passion. Thanks, Jerry!
The body of a 40 year old women was found in a processing plant for McDonalds restaurants That is actually the closest McDonalds has gotten to using real meat
I'm not sure what it's called, but I love when a comedian tells a gag, then later unexpectedly links in a later bit with that gag....and sometimes does it several times. E.g. I think it's Steward Francis who does the gag about his parents taking him fishing and the gag is that he has to swim home....then later he mentions going to disneyland...and say "as I was swimming back to shore..' LOL
"A callback, in terms of comedy, is a joke that refers to one previously told in the set. The second joke is often presented in a different context than the one that was used in the initial joke. Callbacks are usually used at or near the end of a set, as the aim is to create the biggest laugh at the end of a comic set. The main principle behind the callback is to make the audience feel a sense of familiarity with the subject matter, as well as with the comedian. It helps to create audience rapport. When the second joke is told, it induces a feeling similar to that of being told a personal or in-joke."
Just found your videos right now. I'm a writer. I write about blind characters and I explore different genres of writing. Recently I've been wanting to write a humourous short story but I have never done that. So I started researching comedy. Thank you for this channel! I think I got the joke jackpot! :)
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonald’s processing plant. 1. She said she was dying for a Big Mac and she wasn’t kidding. 2. Sounds like a hamburglary gone wrong. 3. She found out what was in the secret sauce and had to be silenced.
I don't have much interest in writing jokes, however as someone who's starting to get off his ass and write short stories, this is an inspiration. "The genius is in the simplicity" is a North Star kind of phrase.
His phobia joke was actually hilarious😭as he was explaining I thought to my self “what is the fear of something being behind you? Something being behind you?”
I was looking at sky and a guy stopped and looked too. He asked me "why are you looking up?"....I said "Didn't have a dictionary but still wanted to know what it meant"
I just thought of a joke based off the quote of: "The Body of a 40-year-old wonam was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants" Yknow if they want to do a later funeral for her, they already have the preservatives in the body.
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a processing plant for a McDonald restaurants. And this just in, the McRib is back for a limited time only!
Always interested in learning more. A lot is spontaneous when you see the clashes between popular beliefs and how blatantly silly they can be. All your procedures are good. They certainly work
Thanks for the video! Second one I’ve seen. Both terrific. I’ve always wanted to know how to write jokes and produce material. Can’t believe I just discovered you. I’m subscribed now and want to explore more of your great material! And just heard you say your in Burbank with classes... oh wow. I’m getting info and excitement overload. Thanks much love and respect.
"The Body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants" CUSTOMER: I'll have a Big Mac and a chocolate shake. COUNTER PERSON: Would you like eyes with that?
The body of a 40-year old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurant This is a lesson to any future Karens that want to ask to see the manager
"The Body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants".... it was the closest she had been to a piece of meat in years.
This was helpful. I'm 32 years old and I've wanted to be a comedian ever since I was 31, also people say he looks like Stone Cold Steve Austin. This guy looks like his hangover
I'm very curious about the study of joke writing. I've been a touring comic for 17 years and I think it's extremely hard to quantify joke writing without stealing the soul out of it. I want so badly to have the equivalent of music theory but for joke writing. I have yet to find a book or podcast that actually has captured the attention of even the most bitter joke writer. Not looking for novice advice. I've done TV and want to go deeper in my understanding, any suggestions?
Respect. Not to be argumentative, but I think your idea of “Stealing the soul out of it” if you quantify it, is all in your head. Engaging the purity of your soul through emotional connection to your POV, the audience, the concept through the architecture of the material is the performer’s craft. Knowing why the joke, gets a laugh is our responsibility as craftsmen. Just as a master guitarist knows how to create tension and release and make that guitar sing, a comedian should be aware of the vast array of tools at his disposal to grip the audience, take them to the teetering point and get them (with high odds) to release in laughter, or applause. It doesn’t always come together exactly as you want it to, but the odds are in your favor. And that’s just the writing part. What I enjoy is challenging the audience’s perception and giving them a different look at things. One definite way to take it to that next level is to make the audience say something like, “shit, I never thought about it that way.” The problem with the “bitter joke writer” is that they’re spoiled and settled in their current ability. Their bitterness is deeply seeded in a belief that this is the way it is. And this is all there is. And I’ve learned all there is to learn. They’re as stubborn as the nine-to-fiver who stops at the liquor store on his way home from work on Friday then sits in his Lazy-Boy all weekend till he sees the bottom of the bottle. No growth, no exploration, no new discoveries. That’s probably what makes them bitter. I appreciate what you said. I hear you. I’m gonna wrap my head around it and see what possible solutions or guidance or whatever bitter comics would care to hear and see if I can help them flip a switch.
My husband paid for some of your stuff. Hes doing open mic and i think he will be opening for bigger acts next year and headlining by 2025. Lesssgoooo. Send positive vibes. You're brilliant Jerry. ❤
I’m so happy to hear that! I just spoke to another student today from Australia who’s been coaching with me who just got hired to write for one of their TV shows. Exciting stuff. Tell your husband to keep up the good work!
Amazing!! I was actually just searching weird news for inspiring me and then I searched for "how to write jokes" and found your channel. Glad I'm in the right way even before knowing it ♡ thanks for this, was what I had to learn. Subscribed ^-^
You are so good. I am not a comedian, not even a funny person. i am just here because I got stressfull life and want to lighthen up my life a bit by learning to be funny, so i can entertaint my self & laughing on my problems instead of being sad about it. plus i want to write picture book that has some humor in it. I see your example of 40 yo woman & mcdonald. without listing it, i got funny joke for my self in a second. i Surprise my self. cause i never the funny person. Good teaching method.
The body of a 40 year old woman was found at a McDonald's processing plant This is the first known case of something ever expiring at a McDonald's facility
The incongruity one reminded me of when I was on a Carnival cruise a few weeks ago and Lowell Sanders opened up with “You know when you visit a deli and they just give you a pickle with your sandwich? You didn’t ask for the pickle and they just gave it to you? That’s me.”
I’m always told I’m super funny, but I never try to be. Conjunctively, I want to make people laugh no matter in severity or Serenity! Maybe it’s in the third that delivers “That Word”! New subscriber Alert🚨!
I would personally like to congratulate Jerry Corley on his recent partnership with Tanqueray Gin. I was surprised to see them part ways with their long running edgy black spokesman and also doing away with the catchy motto, "Ready to Tanqueray". But after seeing they are taking a more modest and honest approach, I completely understand and agree with the direction they are pursuing. Tanqueray "Dry. Sappy Taste. Somehow Moderately Popular." PS. I like Gin and Jerry. Lol He is doing a great service to those with the patience and will to learn. He my not be everyone's cup of tea but he definitely knows the in and outs. Just thought of this joke as I was watching this clip and couldn't help myself. Cheers and good luck to you all!
I always thought the red lobster was a petstore. Thats why i was so confused when my family said they had good biscuits. I now know they werent talking about dog treats.
im 53 years old im a magician from younger days my business of 25 years is over ... i had a food stand at houston zoo.. comedy makes me happy i wanna be a comedian or maagician thank you for inspiring me
"The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonalds processing plant." 1.She was 13. 2.The secret sauce was unharmed 3. She was not dressed as the hamburglar 4. In related news the Hamburglar has been missing for 24 hours. Ronald McDonald says he had been really depressed about his 40th birthday. 5. She leaves behind a 20 piece mcnugget. 6. Last week it was a 30 year old man, experts say we should expect a 50 year old transgender body next week. 7. Her monoply game pieces will be donated to the Ronald McDonald house. 8. This is the first case of real meat being used in McDonald's food. 9. The police are now on the look out for a man named Big Mac. 10. While her body was at a McDonalds plant her head was later discovered at a zen burger. At least we know she was at peace.
So i don't know why Sex and going to the gym are similar. But what really sets sex and the gym apart is when you "feel the burn" than it's probably time to go to another gym. (Just trying guys, I feel as pathetic writing this as you are, looking up this video)
Azlorn Magus mmmh I see. You stumbled onto this. Sounds like something a comedian would say as a last defense in court trying to explain how his hand got around his dick while closing the door of the room.
I always wanted to play the drums, but I couldn't afford a kit because I had to put money towards raising a family. But it all worked out in the end, I still can't afford a drum set, but now I have two beautiful kids. I named them "Snare" and "Hi-Hat", and I beat the shit out of them every single day. And I'm not joking.
The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants. The coroner's report stated that the lady mistook the processing plant for a McDonald's store and died of malnutrition while waiting for someone to take her order. I found out I could make people laugh the first time I walked into the shower room in phys ed. Speaking of phys ed, I flunked phys ed so bad that at the end of the year on my report card I was declared legally dead. One day my teacher sent a note home to my parents that read, Eddie needs to work on his phys ed class. My dad says, maybe you need to work out a little son. I said I am, He said what are you doing? I said I'm taking at the least taking ten extra breaths a day. Now my older brother, he was a jock in school. But he had a very bad case of homophobia and he hated taking showers with other guys after a game or a practice. He had homophobia so bad, he wouldn't even bend over and pick up the soap in his own shower. One day he came home and took a bar of soap, drilled a hole through it, put a string through it, tied the string in a big loop and hung it around his neck. I ask him, what the hell is that? He said this way you can never drop your soap. I call it, no poke soap. The name was later changed to soap on a rope. So now you know.
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"Genius"
When's the funny?
@@dawger After the
What about just telling funny stories from experience ? ruclips.net/video/n6V45_Of6C8/видео.html
Your joke is genius
Genius in its simplicity
You found the finesse
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Sex is a lot like going to the gym.
I’m always thinking about it but in reality, it hardly ever happens.
out of 7 billion people, it is hardly happening to some 10 of us
🤣🤣🤣🤣 i like your observation from imagination
Lol
I can see a pattern in this comment replies which I am not sure I like.
@@kartiksharma2818 India's got a population of 1.3 billion, one would think this wouldn't be a problem for us lol
these Jokes are funny bc stone cold says so
@Andrew Paskin Same.
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
😭
Omm big fella look like Steve Austin like a bihh 🤣🤣🤣
Norm McDonald said something I hope I never forget. (paraphrasing) "Too many comics are more concerned with seeming smart than being funny. No one wants to listen to a guy on stage who fancies himself smarter than the audience." On many occasions, I have fallen prey to my own ego, and a joke flopped because I was trying too hard to seem smart.
maybe,, but I really do enjoy an intelligent comedian, such as Trevor Noah, informative and smart yet funny, it helps to be smart naturally and then go for the funny not the other way around. He is also good with voice impersonations and physical comedy. I do not really enjoy vulgarity, do you think that the vulgarity is easier to do or that some people prefer it?
@Katherine Gordon Trevor is neither smart nor funny. He is the poster child of everything wrong with "entertainment " today. Foux intellectual projecting uneducated politics.
@@matrixist Trevor Noah is smart, he’s just intellectually dishonest (mostly through cherry picking and strawmanning). He is funny in direct proportion to how far left you lean. As someone right-of-center, I find him “meh,” but I can understand why people like him.
@Jason Hollowell He had probably 20 writers writing his material, and he never said anything funny in his entire career. He just placate to a false democratic Hollywood narrative.
I love your honesty but as a fellow someone who has tried his hand at writing jokes I would like to offer a defence for you! Perhaps maybe you had tried on occasion to be clever in your joke writing. I haven't met you but I can safely bet that you wrote with the intention to be funny first. The distracting second was that you inadvertently included a sound or be clever clause in your joke also. You will no doubt agree with me that no way in hell did you write a joke to be clever exclusively. Ofcourse not! Funny was your main motive. And so I want you to revisit those jokes and moments and recognise that your want to be funny first had you write anything at all. Thank god you are writing! I worte jokes that weren't funny first. I tried them and bombed. Later I rewrote one joke that bombed evey time but now lands every time. My support for you then here is, revisit your clever jokes. Can you write the clever out of them and are those jokes funny conceptionally without cleverness being a feature. I wrote a joke recently with word play. I got the laugh when I dumbed my wording and reduced my word use. The joke worked now because of its new simplicity. I got out of the jokes way. I wrote it and told it but my listeners understood it as if they write it themselves. Be the vessel, not the reason. You are on that path though, so word of support from this stranger
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a Mcdonalds processing plant.
..police identified her as Patty.
Now THAT'S funny!
Thank you that's much better.
Police say this is the latest case in a string of McMurders
The search for the head is still on. Meanwhile do not eat McChicken. I repeat: do NOT eat the McChicken!
@@bluevoodoo9732 I think I found a citizen of Nightvale!
TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT DRUGS! ....
they can probably get you a better deal!!!
LOL
I spit beer all over my monitor when I read this. This is really funny!!!
Good one I hope you wrote it .that's fire
Ha ha
Sad truth in this joke of u can call it that lol
Turns out my heritage is German and Jewish.. I finally have an explanation when my therapist asked why I tried killing myself.
Donovan Hefner ooooh edgy. I like it
*Tsc* Noice
Ha! That's actually really funny!
Awesome joke :)
Create a patreon man. You could live only from donations about that joke!
Having sex is a lot like going to the gym, I don't have a partner for either
I find Having sex is a lot like going to the gym..
You show up for the girls, but settle for a group of sweaty men.
Its very similar. You get sweaty. You get tired and you you have to pay for it.
Having sex is a lot like going to the gym. There’s a lot of sweating, a lot of grunting and I’m partner-less and disgusted by the view in the mirror.
Sex is a lot like going to the gym.
I need a spotter
😮 solid
I changed the wording on the phobias joke a bit.
My immediate thought was "I have a fear of someone standing in front of me. It's called social anxiety."
Sex is a lot like going to the gym. I push and push but somehow I just can’t get it up.
Lol 😂
Great information and insight! “The genius is in the simplicity.” That phrase alone says a lot about writing and performing comedy. Many comics try to over analyze and over explain material. As a fellow comic who has been doing stand up comedy since March 2015, this further helps me in my craft and passion. Thanks, Jerry!
The body of a 40 year old women was found in a processing plant for McDonalds restaurants
That is actually the closest McDonalds has gotten to using real meat
Fantastic!!!
Lmao 😂😂
I'm not sure what it's called, but I love when a comedian tells a gag, then later unexpectedly links in a later bit with that gag....and sometimes does it several times. E.g. I think it's Steward Francis who does the gag about his parents taking him fishing and the gag is that he has to swim home....then later he mentions going to disneyland...and say "as I was swimming back to shore..' LOL
"A callback, in terms of comedy, is a joke that refers to one previously told in the set. The second joke is often presented in a different context than the one that was used in the initial joke. Callbacks are usually used at or near the end of a set, as the aim is to create the biggest laugh at the end of a comic set. The main principle behind the callback is to make the audience feel a sense of familiarity with the subject matter, as well as with the comedian. It helps to create audience rapport. When the second joke is told, it induces a feeling similar to that of being told a personal or in-joke."
Entertaining and inspiring. You have actually got me writing jokes and i'm loving it. Thank you.
MorTobXD that right there is hilarious
MorTobXD begin with the people you’d want to try the joke on and things you relate with and exaggerate the joke part
how's it going? @MorTobXD
A “McKaren” was the first thing that popped in my mind. “Would you like some Manager with that?”
😂
Lmao
Wow, I didn't know "Stone Cold" Steve Austin does stand-up
TheSpurion Lol. Haven't heard that in a while.
He doesn't do punchlines, only bottom-lines. Boom! Incongruity.
You my friend aren't funny.
Because Stone Cold said so 😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah this guys neck is already red
Just found your videos right now.
I'm a writer. I write about blind characters and I explore different genres of writing. Recently I've been wanting to write a humourous short story but I have never done that. So I started researching comedy. Thank you for this channel! I think I got the joke jackpot! :)
I am also a writer expert except i jack off to it.
What's your blind jackpot joke. I have to know!
I adopted a retired police dog, SUPPOSEDLY, he can find drugs, but he never found me any...! OI!
haha..yeah, I like that type of gag.
Love it!
Mate, could I use this joke In my comedy bit at school please ?
But the dog is rich now.
The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonal’s restaurants...
20 years later and it still hadn’t decayed 🤔
Bad lol
Abwj W thanks for the tip !!
Much funnier than the midlife crisis thing hahaha
Appreciate the effort! But yeah i didn’t think that was funny
that was my train of thought
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonalds restaurants…their fries are fantastic but not to die for.
Genius. My craft gets better amd better applying these tips. Thank you.
Your craft is weaving me a new damn laundry basket.
(Win the audience with the genius of simplicity)
You have to donate 50 per cent of your benefits to him then.
@@entic432 Id argue with you but your last name is delicious
for a limited time, you can order the Rigor McMortis
Tht did it for me of all the jokes above
0:16 hardest 2004 cellphone ringtone beat ever
Sex is like going to the gym, for me it occurs once every few months and when it does I just have to pretend like I know what I'm doing.
that's a great joke
Sex is like going to the gym... if you don't ask for some instructions when you need them, you're just wasting everyone's time and doing a bad job.
I have no friends
*IS THAT SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR YOU*
No
Ah, meta humor.
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonald’s processing plant.
1. She said she was dying for a Big Mac and she wasn’t kidding.
2. Sounds like a hamburglary gone wrong.
3. She found out what was in the secret sauce and had to be silenced.
I don't have much interest in writing jokes, however as someone who's starting to get off his ass and write short stories, this is an inspiration. "The genius is in the simplicity" is a North Star kind of phrase.
For me, sex is a lot like going to the gym. I want too.... but I can't get anyone to go with me...
Sex is a lot like going to the gym. In both, I like to do at least 100 reps.
Love this guys stone cold delivery
+2
We reached out to her family for a comment, her ex husband had this to say, “I’m lovin’ it.”
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonald's processing plants.
Everyone knows they make nuggets by grinding up old chicks
His phobia joke was actually hilarious😭as he was explaining I thought to my self “what is the fear of something being behind you? Something being behind you?”
I was looking at sky and a guy stopped and looked too. He asked me "why are you looking up?"....I said "Didn't have a dictionary but still wanted to know what it meant"
I do comedy at open mic nights and there are a lot of good ideas in this video. These tips will help me improve! Thank you!
Are you still doing it?
Thanks, it's been helping me write my first stand up text in Brazil.
I just thought of a joke based off the quote of:
"The Body of a 40-year-old wonam was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants"
Yknow if they want to do a later funeral for her, they already have the preservatives in the body.
Dear Joke Doctor: Wonderful video. Thanks JC!!! Studied with you last spring '19 in Burbank. I'm back in NY. Best, Ellen Orchid
Analyze it all you want that homophobia joke was genius.
Louis Mustards u r though
eriklikestoskate95 ha
This is gonna help me out so much❤ . Thank u 🙏
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a processing plant for a McDonald restaurants.
And this just in, the McRib is back for a limited time only!
😂😂😂😂
I bet lockdown doesn't affect him because unlike us he's not waiting for his hair to grow back
Growing up my parents made me walk the plank, we couldn't afford a dog
I think you’re a plank....plank means idiot
I could see Steven Wright saying that
Heh heh
I cried laughing
Took a second to get, but oooh that was a good one
Always interested in learning more. A lot is spontaneous when you see the clashes between popular beliefs and how blatantly silly they can be. All your procedures are good. They certainly work
Sex is a lot like going to the gym, if your boyfriend's name is Jim.
Joseph Barclay Ross that’s fucking terrible
I actually really liked this joke
That was stupid but I still laughed because I’m stupid.
@Jay Bee ok
"The Body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants"
Edna, this chicken finger has a ring on it.
Aren't all expensive rings anal rings?
Good one. 😂
Edna I wonder what mail spa these chickens go to
Thanks for the video! Second one I’ve seen. Both terrific. I’ve always wanted to know how to write jokes and produce material. Can’t believe I just discovered you. I’m subscribed now and want to explore more of your great material! And just heard you say your in Burbank with classes... oh wow. I’m getting info and excitement overload. Thanks much love and respect.
"The Body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants"
CUSTOMER: I'll have a Big Mac and a chocolate shake.
COUNTER PERSON: Would you like eyes with that?
Restaurants? More like MacDonalds Festerhaunts
Free Happy Meal after every 10th killing.
That phobia joke is *GENIUS*
The body of a 40-year old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurant
This is a lesson to any future Karens that want to ask to see the manager
add your book on audible please
Vinit Kundu Working on that now Vin
That explains why my quarter pounder had stretch marks.
For the McDonalds one u could say yeah i went to McDonalds last week and after hearing this im pretty sure i drank a milf shake
You are a good comedian teacher keep up the good work and thanks for all the good advice
"The Body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants".... it was the closest she had been to a piece of meat in years.
Your work is GREAT! I am thinking of doing stand up but I want to only talk about my life. Can I use this same method?
This was helpful. I'm 32 years old and I've wanted to be a comedian ever since I was 31, also people say he looks like Stone Cold Steve Austin. This guy looks like his hangover
You can understand the craft and how to do it(why I think this video has value). ‘Killing’ on stage can only come by crowd-crafting
You're hilarious and a great teacher. Enjoyed this
i want to write comedy for animation and you're awesome meaning you're helping a lot thank you
Any luck ? How is it going
I'm very curious about the study of joke writing. I've been a touring comic for 17 years and I think it's extremely hard to quantify joke writing without stealing the soul out of it. I want so badly to have the equivalent of music theory but for joke writing. I have yet to find a book or podcast that actually has captured the attention of even the most bitter joke writer. Not looking for novice advice. I've done TV and want to go deeper in my understanding, any suggestions?
Respect. Not to be argumentative, but I think your idea of “Stealing the soul out of it” if you quantify it, is all in your head. Engaging the purity of your soul through emotional connection to your POV, the audience, the concept through the architecture of the material is the performer’s craft. Knowing why the joke, gets a laugh is our responsibility as craftsmen. Just as a master guitarist knows how to create tension and release and make that guitar sing, a comedian should be aware of the vast array of tools at his disposal to grip the audience, take them to the teetering point and get them (with high odds) to release in laughter, or applause. It doesn’t always come together exactly as you want it to, but the odds are in your favor. And that’s just the writing part. What I enjoy is challenging the audience’s perception and giving them a different look at things. One definite way to take it to that next level is to make the audience say something like, “shit, I never thought about it that way.”
The problem with the “bitter joke writer” is that they’re spoiled and settled in their current ability. Their bitterness is deeply seeded in a belief that this is the way it is. And this is all there is. And I’ve learned all there is to learn. They’re as stubborn as the nine-to-fiver who stops at the liquor store on his way home from work on Friday then sits in his Lazy-Boy all weekend till he sees the bottom of the bottle. No growth, no exploration, no new discoveries. That’s probably what makes them bitter.
I appreciate what you said. I hear you. I’m gonna wrap my head around it and see what possible solutions or guidance or whatever bitter comics would care to hear and see if I can help them flip a switch.
My husband paid for some of your stuff. Hes doing open mic and i think he will be opening for bigger acts next year and headlining by 2025. Lesssgoooo. Send positive vibes. You're brilliant Jerry. ❤
I’m so happy to hear that! I just spoke to another student today from Australia who’s been coaching with me who just got hired to write for one of their TV shows. Exciting stuff. Tell your husband to keep up the good work!
Amazing!! I was actually just searching weird news for inspiring me and then I searched for "how to write jokes" and found your channel. Glad I'm in the right way even before knowing it ♡ thanks for this, was what I had to learn. Subscribed ^-^
You are so good. I am not a comedian, not even a funny person. i am just here because I got stressfull life and want to lighthen up my life a bit by learning to be funny, so i can entertaint my self & laughing on my problems instead of being sad about it. plus i want to write picture book that has some humor in it.
I see your example of 40 yo woman & mcdonald. without listing it, i got funny joke for my self in a second. i Surprise my self. cause i never the funny person. Good teaching method.
I almost choked on my lunch when he acted out and says "tastes like mid-life crisis."
Watching this video was a breakthrough moment for me. Completely changed my mind on comedy. Thank you!
"The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants."
I didn't think McDonald's served plants
They serve deez nutz, lolz
This was great, it really helped me understand the construction of jokes ! Thankyou !!
The body of a 40 year old woman was found at a McDonald's processing plant
This is the first known case of something ever expiring at a McDonald's facility
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Your joke sucks, that bitch ass chicken didn't.
This is good bro👌
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonalds processing plant.
McDonalds is honoring her with the new McRIP.
A “McMilfin” joke would’ve been a good way to go
Thanks for the education Mr. Corley. It helps a lot!
The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonald's processing plant.
It was declared a suicide. Guess she wasn't ba da ba ba Lovin' life.
This is my favourite
Thanks!!! Best regards from Peru!
A McDonald's processing plant was found in the body of a 40 year old woman
This is underrated 🤣😂🤣😂
That's 😂😂😂
Best one yet.
A body of a 40 year Old woman was found in a processing plant for mcdonalds restraunts.
Bet that was not a Happy Meal
Ever hear the expression "once you go black you never go back?" I know that to be absolutely true because...my wife hasn't come back yet!
The incongruity one reminded me of when I was on a Carnival cruise a few weeks ago and Lowell Sanders opened up with “You know when you visit a deli and they just give you a pickle with your sandwich? You didn’t ask for the pickle and they just gave it to you? That’s me.”
Last joke was good
You're a woman and you're not funny.
@@entic432 I bet you're just killing it in real life.
@@entic432 Louis Ketchups: hobbies - thinking sexism without thought is funny
Adopting a child is like buying a microwave on Craigslist.
It’ll either be completely fine, or utterly broken from what the last guy put inside of it.
The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a McDonald’s processing plant.
Which is unusual because normally you only find them in Wendy’s Chili.
HAHAHAHAHAHA I’m British so this makes little sense but I love it
I’m always told I’m super funny, but I never try to be. Conjunctively, I want to make people laugh no matter in severity or Serenity! Maybe it’s in the third that delivers “That Word”! New subscriber Alert🚨!
The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants.
Her name was Wendy
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I literally laughed out loud for this one
Just wishing nothing but GoodLuck and success to anybody on this journey
I would personally like to congratulate Jerry Corley on his recent partnership with Tanqueray Gin. I was surprised to see them part ways with their long running edgy black spokesman and also doing away with the catchy motto, "Ready to Tanqueray". But after seeing they are taking a more modest and honest approach, I completely understand and agree with the direction they are pursuing.
Tanqueray "Dry. Sappy Taste. Somehow Moderately Popular."
PS. I like Gin and Jerry. Lol He is doing a great service to those with the patience and will to learn. He my not be everyone's cup of tea but he definitely knows the in and outs. Just thought of this joke as I was watching this clip and couldn't help myself. Cheers and good luck to you all!
I always thought the red lobster was a petstore.
Thats why i was so confused when my family said they had good biscuits. I now know they werent talking about dog treats.
im 53 years old im a magician from younger days my business of 25 years is over ... i had a food stand at houston zoo.. comedy makes me happy i wanna be a comedian or maagician thank you for inspiring me
Sex is a lot like going to the gym... I never participate.
Thank you for teaching
Here’s one:
I had a pretty good week for once, then I woke up from the coma
Hey i got a good chuckle out of it.
That's some great teachings! Thanks Jerry!
"The body of a 40 year old woman was found in a McDonalds processing plant."
1.She was 13.
2.The secret sauce was unharmed
3. She was not dressed as the hamburglar
4. In related news the Hamburglar has been missing for 24 hours. Ronald McDonald says he had been really depressed about his 40th birthday.
5. She leaves behind a 20 piece mcnugget.
6. Last week it was a 30 year old man, experts say we should expect a 50 year old transgender body next week.
7. Her monoply game pieces will be donated to the Ronald McDonald house.
8. This is the first case of real meat being used in McDonald's food.
9. The police are now on the look out for a man named Big Mac.
10. While her body was at a McDonalds plant her head was later discovered at a zen burger. At least we know she was at peace.
Great lecture Doc
So i don't know why Sex and going to the gym are similar. But what really sets sex and the gym apart is when you "feel the burn" than it's probably time to go to another gym. (Just trying guys, I feel as pathetic writing this as you are, looking up this video)
Azlorn Magus mmmh I see. You stumbled onto this.
Sounds like something a comedian would say as a last defense in court trying to explain how his hand got around his dick while closing the door of the room.
neither are things I rarely do enough of.
Thank you so much for posting these videos, just found you and subscribed, I’m new to comedy stand up, learning how to come up with genius jokes
I always wanted to play the drums, but I couldn't afford a kit because I had to put money towards raising a family.
But it all worked out in the end, I still can't afford a drum set, but now I have two beautiful kids.
I named them "Snare" and "Hi-Hat", and I beat the shit out of them every single day.
And I'm not joking.
Great tips!
40 year old woman:
In other news McDonalds is bringing back the McRib
Where, when, and how much are your classes? I want in!
The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in a processing plant for McDonald's restaurants. The coroner's report stated that the lady mistook the processing plant for a McDonald's store and died of malnutrition while waiting for someone to take her order.
I found out I could make people laugh the first time I walked into the shower room in phys ed.
Speaking of phys ed, I flunked phys ed so bad that at the end of the year on my report card I was declared legally dead.
One day my teacher sent a note home to my parents that read, Eddie needs to work on his phys ed class. My dad says, maybe you need to work out a little son. I said I am, He said what are you doing? I said I'm taking at the least taking ten extra breaths a day.
Now my older brother, he was a jock in school. But he had a very bad case of homophobia and he hated taking showers with other guys after a game or a practice. He had homophobia so bad, he wouldn't even bend over and pick up the soap in his own shower.
One day he came home and took a bar of soap, drilled a hole through it, put a string through it, tied the string in a big loop and hung it around his neck. I ask him, what the hell is that? He said this way you can never drop your soap. I call it, no poke soap.
The name was later changed to soap on a rope.
So now you know.
I'm an amateur comedian just starting out. I've only been on stage 5 times. You really know your shit!