Sometimes it’s really hard coming up with a good one-liner or just a joke in general, especially for twitter, but when I find out it’s not that funny, it feels like someone put out a cigarette in my eye. I write this short rant because I’ve been on such a good streak with witty tweets, and then I really get excited about a new joke that just comes to me that happens to be really good and BAM! I fall flat on my face. Okay my beautiful 14 followers, tell me if this is funny…
*silence* WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. I was so excited to post it, seeing as my last several tweets have been getting 10+ likes on Facebook, which is the best feeling to know someone enjoys what I write. I came up with this one out of nowhere, and I was so excited, and… *cue a kid-filled inflatable bouncy castle deflating* I get only a little feedback. I know, I sound like a whiny baby, and you’re probably thinking, “what’s the biggie fries?” Well, I KINDA WANT TO DO THIS FOR A LIVING. … woah, sorry for the all caps, I totally blew up, haha. It’s just that… I love making people laugh, and it’s always difficult to top your last great joke with an even better one, like this…
*huge studio audience laughter* This job is a hit or miss kind of thing. It reminds of what Conan says about his show and making people laugh… he says that they do their best to make people laugh, and if a joke doesn’t work out or something just really isn’t funny, they’ll try again tomorrow! Which, I guess in context he is talking about the format of his weeknightly (new word?!) show. I hope if I ever meet Conan (well, I did meet him, but we didn’t exactly talk… hahaha) I would definitely ask him his process for writing jokes. I mean, do some jokes just come to him, or does he spend time coming up with it? I believe it’s a mixture of both, but what do I know!?
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kireet answered:
Word for word, I feel the same way. And comedian to comedian, I didn’t really like the first joke. The pun works better in speech than text
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