4th week of the PJW workshop is in the books! (Not sure exactly what books, but it’s in them.)
This week we reworked talk show monologue jokes, mostly around the premise of these two jokes:
-- “Trump renamed the Dept of Defense as the Dept of War. Hey, if they’re going to start naming government departments more honestly, how about ____ (The Dept of Miscarriage of Justice; Dept of Magaculture; Dept of Housing No One Can Afford; Dept of Epstein Files, What Epstein Files?)
-- “Top Zionist Revisions to Dr. Seuss Books” -- (Horton Hears Netanyahu; The Cat in the Very Small Circular Hat; Green Eggs and Hamas”)
-- Billy Sherman won this week’s Best Joke of the Workshop Award (“Green Eggs and Hamas” sounds like a full-on, pro-level joke -- good on Billy)
-- No one won the Best News Joke of the Week here in the posts (meaning, well, no one made me laugh when I read their joke). So the $50 prize carries over, $100 to this week’s Best News Joke of the Week (I’ll post the stories and set-ups on Tuesday. Remember, we’re looking for unusual angles, artful wording, sharp and easily said by the host, pro-level, pro-level, pro-level).
-- The assignment for Week 5 is to again write 5 viable jokes for your favorite late night host (current or past). Bring them with you next week, and you can even perform them as your fav host. Or as yourself. You have so many, many choices.