More from Comedy Writing
Secrets by Mel Helitzer
Write a reverse exercise
Reverse – an unexpected switch in the audience’s point of
view
Condoms aren’t
completely safe. A friend of mine was wearing one recently and he still got
a concussion.
My wife insists on
turning off the lights when we make love. This doesn’t bother me. It’s the
snoring that ticks me off.
We have a presidential
election coming up. And I think the big problem, of course, is somebody is
going to win.
After twelve years of
therapy, my psychiatrist said something that brought tears to my eyes. He
said I got you something for your 13th birthday.
Headline reverses:
A Harvard medical
school study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to
tell a baby’s temperature.
We know the results are valid
because, researchers used a blind taste test.
But not to tell if they are
teething.
The U of Nebraska says
that elderly people who drink beer or wine 4 times a week have the highest bone
density.
…In their livers.
…Of all elderly alcoholics.
A man in France was
arrested today for using his car to run down a pedestrian he thought was Osama
bin laden.
He was
charged with impersonating a cab driver.
The French
president remains in stable condition.
Whatcha got?
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