Writing Funny Words Funnily

About this episode

The episode explores whether some words are inherently funnier and discusses various aspects of joke writing and audience engagement.

A listener asks whether some words are inherently funnier than others — and it opens the door to a deep dive on word choice, dialogue, and how to make jokes land harder. Brad and Dave also revisit a past take on political cartoons (turns out, they're thriving on Reddit), talk about the return of Web 1.0 strategies like guest comics, and reinforce a core principle: Own your platform and your audience.

People in this episode

Hosts: Brad Guigar, Dave Kellett

Topics covered

• word choice
• dialogue
• joke writing
• political cartoons
• Web 1.0 strategies
• audience engagement

Keywords

• funny words
• dialogue
• jokes
• political cartoons
• Web 1.0
• guest comics
• audience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reddit

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