Funny Stuff About Humor Writing

There are no degrees one can get in the higher education lobbies for a certified professional humor writer. There are few unions for gag writers and only a dearth of books written on the subject. But humor is getting more and more in demand in higher education, in board rooms, in seminars, in TV sitcoms, and in film scriptwriting.

There are a few universities offering humor writing courses but the bulk of comedy writers for TV and films come from Harvard which surprisingly does not have a humor writing course. Didn't George Bush come from Harvard? Now here's a dude who has a sense of humor. Ever read “George Bushisms?” which is really funny and he never did a humor writing course!

You CV should now have “I have a sense of humor” but how do you assess this? Humor of course depends on the audience it is addressed to. America's Funniest Home Movies goes down well here but not every country likes this type of humor where someone falls off their bike or hurts themselves in some way.

Some say humor indicates command and when we grin it becomes a sign of assurance as fears are indicated by scowls and frowns. Is there a difference between comedy and humor? Well yes. Comedy can be considered the execution of humor and how one gets this across to the audience.

Jokes as themselves are not really part of humor writing...they are just jokes that are used by the amateur comedians to get a laugh but serious comedy writing has an audience spellbound by her presence alone as there is an anticipation of something funny coming now and at any moment soon.

Many jokes have been written years ago and have been regurgitated many times from Mark Twain, W.C. Fields, Milton Berle, George Burns and many others. So the jokes you hear now have been in the archives for some time!