Things You'll Need:
- Sense of humor
- Dash of creativity
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Step 1
Find a template. While experts can write jokes freeform, for beginners, it helps to have a simple template to work off of. Knock knock jokes all use the same template, which is why they're easy to write. But you'll want a bar joke template, easily gotten by finding two jokes you like that have the same format.
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Step 2
Before writing your joke, test the template you have selected by telling the time-tested jokes to your friends. If nobody laughs at the original jokes that have survived for decades, then your imitation of that template may be doomed to failure.
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Step 3
A working template with two examples:
"A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says, 'Why the long face?'"
"A bear walks into a bar, and says, 'I'd like... ... ... a beer.' The bartender says, 'Why the big pause?'" -
Step 4
Reduce the template to variables. "An X walks into a bar, and the bartender says Y." Pick something to plug in for X, like a hamburger.
"A hamburger walks into a bar, and the bartender says Y." -
Step 5
Plug in something for Y that relates to X. This will usually be a play on words.
"A hamburger walks into a bar, and the bartender says 'Sorry, we don't serve food here.'" -
Step 6
Test out your new joke by telling it to some friends. If they don't laugh, return to step 3 and try again!
Comments
seashore said
on 12/11/2007 Theese are very funny however not everyone cn be as witty, keep them coming!
grouch said
on 12/8/2007 These are great tips. You know most of the joke is not what is said but the delivery. Bad timing is the number one killer of great jokes. Slow down and don't laugh at your own jokes until way after the fact. Practice it until it is not funny to you any more. I never could keep a straight face to people who tell jokes without laughing.