F-Muscle Pod Epi-30: Turning Topics into Premises
"Cats" is a topic, but it's not until you say something like "Cats bother me as an economist." have you transformed your material into a premise.In this episode we make…
F-Muscle Pod Epi-27: Comedian Lenny Schmidt
Lenny Schmidt stops by the Funny Muscle Podcast to teach us about the logistics of planning comedy material for 5 nights in a row on a cruise ship (hint: you…
F-Muscle Pod Epi-25: Comedy Monologues w/ Ben Alper
We learn about writing monologue jokes with Ben Alper who has written jokes for several decades and has seen them performed by the likes of Jay Leno and Dave Letterman. We…
F-Muscle Pod Epi-16: Creating Premise Intrigue
We break down some pro comic bits (C.K., Burr, Papa) and teach how to write jokes with "premise intrigue."
Funny Muscle Podcast Epi-1: Comedy Lens
Episode #1 of the Funny Muscle Podcast: Why it's important for a comedian to have a Comedy Lens.
Contrast: Create indirect comparisons
Comics can use contrast to get big laughs. Here is a quick break down of that Humor Heightening Device.
Get to the Joke Podcast
Finding Your Comedy Lens, Heightening Your Jokes and How to Publish Your Book.
Finding Your Funny Muscle Now Available!
Finding Your Funny Muscle: How to Create Laughs Like a Pro is now available.
Five Simple Ways to Make Your Writing Funnier
If you can learn to play the guitar and tennis and how to cook a mushroom, you can sure as shitake learn to be funnier.
Create Laughs with These 3 Funny Muscle Flexes
Comedian Mike Lukas shares three Creative Secret Weapons that can help fine-tune your humor the same way the pros do it.