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Write Humor on Demand

JOHN CANTU'S VIRTUAL HUMOR WRITING CLASS:

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Performers do not know how to sit down and create material, number one and number two, they also feel it's not real, it's not organic unless it just happens. So what DOES happen is you've got performers who suddenly get on the phone trying to get material.

I have two partners and as writers we write and sell material to Bobby Slaten, Michael Pritchard, Will Durst, Jerry Sobel, Kevin Meany, Jose Simoen, Ron Lucas, on and on and on...

What happens is suddenly the Tonight Show calls the comedian up and says, hey, we want to have you on air, we like your act but you know, we can use three minutes of your material but the rest is too dirty to use, you need two more minutes.

Then the comedian gets on the phone, "John, can you write some material for me. I've got a gig coming up and I need two or three minutes of material." They simply don't have the luxury of waiting six months to get that material.

Writers sit down and write it on demand. Writers write in a week what most comedians take a year to develop. We are going to show you in this class how to sit down and do it on purpose.

I love this class. It's great. It will knock your socks off.

Transcribed from an all day seminar, April 1991

TABLE of CONTENTS:

  1. Introduction
  2. John Cantu
  3. Old and New
  4. Am I Comedy Writer Yet?
  5. What Reads Funny Does Not Always Sound Funny
  6. Who Is in the Class
  7. What's So Funny About THAT?
  8. Got a SYSTEM?
  9. What Is a Joke and Who Uses Them?
  10. Valid Jokes versus Funny Jokes
  11. Funny defined. This is it.
  12. Originality and Inspiration
  13. Association List: 'Automobile' Part I
  14. Association List: 'Automobile' Part II
  15. Association List: 'Automobile' Part III
  16. Association List: 'Automobile' Part IV
  17. Association List: 'Automobile' Part V
  18. Association List: 'OLD' Part I
  19. Association List: 'OLD' Part II
  20. Association List: 'OLD' Part III
  21. Association List: 'OLD' Part IV
  22. 'OLD Jokes' & Association List: 'Expensive' Part I
  23. Association List: 'Expensive' Part II
  24. Association List: 'Office' Part I
  25. Association List: 'Office' Part II
  26. Association List: 'Office' Part III
  27. Association List: 'Office' Part IV
  28. Association List: 'Office' Part V
  29. Association List: 'Office' Part VI
  30. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part I
  31. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part II
  32. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part III
  33. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part IV
  34. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part V
  35. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part VI
  36. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part VII
  37. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part VIII
  38. Writing Our First Chunk - Word Plays á la MASH Part IX
  39. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part I
  40. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part II
  41. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part III
  42. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part IV
  43. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part V
  44. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part VI
  45. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part VII
  46. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part VIII
  47. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part IX
  48. Writing Our First Chunk - Writing the Combo Joke Part X
  49. Other Resources

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