The secret to writing great jokes, from Daily Show alum Elliott Kalan
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn · Jesse Thorn
January 30, 202630m 21s
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Show Notes
Elliot Kalan has been the head writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and the Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot. Now he’s written a book about joke writing. It’s called Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense. He talks to Bullseye about developing a process for writing jokes reliably, writing topical jokes, and writing jokes for voices other than his own.
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