Speaker's Tools(What we do now is go back into your automobile list and start cross pollinating. Here's were we start writing our first joke ideas. Not finished jokes. Please don't say my car is so old or this car is so old. Right now all you have to do is see the idea.)
So what are some comedy ideas - joke roughs...
Answer: Your license is chiseled on stone.
John: Your license chiseled on stone tablets.
Just go down and read something on your car list. Somebody read your list. Raise your hand and read your list. I'm going to show you something.
Answer: Henry Ford.
John: Henry Ford. Anything come to mind? Go to the next one.
Answer: Mr. Goodwrench.
John: Mr. Goodwrench. We did something about Mr. Goodwrench's Big Bend. Next one on there.
Answer: Mr. McGoo.
John: Mr. McGoo.
Answer: DUI. Mr. McGoo they finally got him.
John: Put that idea down. I like that. I think we can do something with that. DUI. Okay, keep going down your list.
Answer: Meter Maid.
John: Meter Maid. Okay, next thing. You just keep doing this. Does something come to mind. If not go to the next thing. Okay, go ahead.
Answer: Parking attendant.
John: Parking attendant. There's a real obvious one there. Okay, we've got parking attendant, what do you have on your people list.
Answer: Moses.
John: Moses, parking lot attendant was Moses. Or parking lot attendant is Methuselah. It's an old car. I can only go to parking lots where the attendant is Moses or Methuselah. Okay. Your next item there Alice.
Answer: Zsa zsa.
Answer 2: God.
John: Old car! Only God could park it for me. Zsa zsa... Zsa zsa with Lucy. What I would do is write down in my notes Zsa zsa / Lucy. I know there's a joke in there somewhere. Go ahead with the list.
Answer: California Highway Patrolman.
John: California Highway Patrolman. What's an old authoritarian figure from the past. I got pulled over by Jesus. I got pulled over by a Roman Solider. What's next.
Answer: Used car salesman.
John: Used car salesman. Okay, used car salesman. Bills Cars and Chariots. The point I'm getting at is just be light with this. If something is on your list and something comes to mind okay, if not go to the next one. Something comes to mind - no. Go to the next one.
This is a rule you should put in your notes. On your handout, at the top where it says, Humor Through Exaggeration, (but this applies for everything) write Quality Comes from Quantity. If you write ten ideas and one is good, if you write 100, 10 will be good. And if you write a thousand, 100 will be good and if you write 10,000 a thousand will be good. If your ratio is 50 for one good one, when you write 500 you'll have 5 good ones and if 5,000 you'll have 50 good ones. Quality Comes From Quantity.
