I'm a Graduate of Comedy College!

Yep, I was told how to tell a joke. Did you know that a joke is broken down into two parts? Neither did I!

Part 1) "The Set-up" -this is where you set up your joke for part 2-
"I saw my ex-girlfriend the other day."

Part 2) "The Punchline" -this is where you hit the audience with the funny part-
"But she didn't see me because she was blindsided by a bus!"

Now it sounds simple, but it's hard to rack my brain for funny thoughts. Like for instance the first joke I ever wrote was:

"I prefer Irish Spring soap over Ivory."

I was told that this is a "statement" and not so much considered a "joke."

But after intense writing sessions I could write funny jokes such as:

See above (the one about my ex getting run over. Note: that didn't actually happen, thank goodness. I also learned that you can lie on stage and that no one will really know or even care.)

-adam.

PS I was lying about liking Irish Spring over Ivory, but apparently it still isn't funny.