Comedy Writing Self-Taught

Dedicated to the many Bob Hope writers who preceded me and unwittingly (no pun intended) served as my comedy writing instructors

The late Rodney Dangerfield’s signature line was “I don’t get no respect.”

hokey but effective material

Then slowly he tightened the loop. Bit by bit he pulled that audience in, converting many of the nonbelievers like me.

When he began to talk to his audience, which was about two thousand people, I got the feeling that he had tossed a large lasso over the entire crowd.

Are you folks having a good time?

comedy has peaks and valleys

He’s so old, when he was a boy, the Dead Sea was still alive.

Shakespeare said, “Brevity is the soul of wit.”