Garry Kasinitz: Don't spend two hours writing a joke that you've never tried out on stage before. The next rule is, once you have a mundane idea, push it to an extreme and then get it in front of an audience as fast as you can. And finally, find an easy one like a wedding or some other kind of ceremony - i killed at my father's funeral but the rabbi got another laugh.
How do you learn to tell the perfect joke? In this episode of How To! a pastor from Oklahoma wants to spice up his sermons. So we introduce him to Gary Gulman, a New York standup comedian who makes jokes about his clinical depression. The lesson? “Man plans, and God laughs.” But only if you nail the delivery.
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