Prolific humor columnist Art Buchwald told me that each day before he begins work he likes to prime the pump by reading jokes. The more joke plots you know the more ideas you will get to create your own material. You’ll learn construction. You’ll discover the many different joke forms (one-liners, quips, puns, limericks, stories, etc.) and where to fit them in your routine. Then there’s the advantage of building up your own joke file. Save
all the gags you like and list them under specific headings or subjects. Get in the habit of telling one new joke every day to anybody who’ll listen. Recounting the same joke to twenty people makes you more familiar with it. Delivery is improved with each telling. Timing is perfected. This is a safe opportunity to experiment, to find out if the joke is funny — and if it works for you. Best of all, you are practicing your craft.
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