The Comedy Lab Presents: How to Write Two-Line Jokes and Monologues
Ever wonder how Late Night monologues are put together? How Weekend Update is written? How Jerry Seinfeld writes a joke? This four-week class has the answers you need!It starts with two-line jokes, the building blocks of modern comedy that we’ve come to know on late-night talk shows and SNL Weekend Update. Two-Line Joke Writing and Monologues will look at the varied source material for jokes, the structure of jokes (including the significance of the Rule of Threes), the philosophy of jokes, and constructing monologues made up of two-liners.
Next Session: Four weeks, beginning Saturday May 30th. 12-2:45PM central. Online.
Instructor: Kim “Howard” Johnson
Cost: $160
Please be advised, tuition is non-refundable. If you cannot attend the class you registered for, we can roll your tuition to be used during another session as long as you contact thecomedylab.net 24 hours prior to the class beginning. If you reach out after that, we cannot roll your tuition.
Here’s how it breaks down:
Week One: Topical Two-Liners—Late Night Monologue
Week Two: How to Write a Joke in 7 Steps
Week 3: Building a Scene with Jokes
Week 4: Getting Ready for an Open Mike: Polishing Monologues
Two-Line Joke Writing and Monologues begins with writing jokes from one specific source, followed by jokes from a variety of sources. There will be a look at specific joke structures, how to write and construct a monologue from a series of jokes, and the importance of a page of two-liners for submission to agents and producers.
In addition to the mechanical and creative aspects of joke writing, this class is designed to increase the student’s confidence in pitching jokes in a writers’ room and gaining essential feedback. If you’re comedy-curious and you want to try your hand at this concise form of humor, this is the perfect entry point. If you’re a seasoned writer, this is the ideal arena to sharpen your skills and increase output.