A new slice of homework I had involved more use of double entendres.  I was to take a word appropriate to the occasion and put down as many sound-alikes that come to mind. Then write the joke. For example, “hormone” sounds like “whore moan”, “her moan” and “harmony”. So you could say “Hormone could be heard clear across campus” or “How do you make a hormone? Dont pay her.” Now it’s my turn to come up with 1-2 double entendre homonyms from the following words:

1. Caeser:

Cease her and bring her to my chamber tonight!

I see her in my dreams and masturbate to her in my reality.

2. Tudor:

I asked the hillbilly how much the PBR tallboy was and he responded “2 ders”.

I dont want to toot her horn, but the arrogant bitch does act better than Drew Barrymore.

3. Fowl:

At the end of the night when we were done, I paid her, kicked her ass out and wished her farewell.

If I ever run into the cops and they wanna perform a full body cavity search, I’ll let my buddy take the fall.

4. Atoll:

The only thing separating me and the kilo of yip from Canada was a toll.

Man, all that alphabet spelling with my tongue took a toll on me.

5. Bore:

I don’t mind a boo-er, but a hipster who is too important to pay attention to a joke is too mainstream for me.

6. Maker:

Rambunctious behavior may occur, but the Retirement home went ahead with double bingo night.

I’m gonna make her fall asleep…hard!

DAY 66: Organize all the little pieces of paper you’ve written your premises on.

Being that this is a non-creative task, I tried to make this a little more useful than just organizing some notes.  I went ahead and organized a category I use for screenwriting titled COMEDY METHODS/FORMULAS/TECHNIQUES and implemented 10 of these said categorical formulas/methods/techniques into my Dale Archdale: Private Dick to the Stars feature film.  I truly think comedy is a craft that must be mastered to stand out in scripts.  I have been pushing this back so much, but decided now was the time.  Thus, I can guarantee that the feature film we make at the end of the year will have at least 10 comedy moments that should be a guarantee laugh, should I execute it properly.  These formulas are all over the small and big screens, but usually the audience doesn’t even recognize them, as they continue to just laugh throughout the method being displayed.  Some common techniques are double entendres, running gags, juxtaposition of contrasting elements and the rule of threes.

I decided to post yet another video from the vault.  This one was written back in ‘06 my Cleveland days and I finally shot it while living in Los Angeles in 2007 with some IO West Improvisation friends.