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Jokes and their structure in Practice: Deconstruct famous jokes, analyze them, then build your own. You'll see how professional comedians structure material, why certain setups promise certain payoffs, and how to engineer surprise without depending on cruelty.

Master the hidden architecture of comedy. Deconstruct famous jokes, learn pro techniques, and craft humor that surprises without relying on cruelty.

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Concepts in this course
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Literalism as Comic Method
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The Bridge Between Absurdity and Truth
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The Economy of Minimal Words
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The Fool's Perspective Inversion
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The Listener's Complicity in Meaning-Making
AI prompts in this course
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Jokes and their structure and the Choices You're Making
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What Would You Tell Someone Just Starting with Jokes and their structure?
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What's Holding You Back with Jokes and their structure?
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A Hard Question About Jokes and their structure
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What Do You Actually Want with Jokes and their structure?
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The Examined Path Through Jokes and their structure
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