AMES, Iowa – There is a science to crafting a good bit and delivering a one-liner that sets off a roar of laughter from the audience. And like any skill, Peter Orazem and Gavin Jerome believe it’s one ...

Over his decades-long career as a late-night comedy TV writer, Joe Toplyn has crafted jokes for the likes of David Letterman and Jay Leno. He has instructed adult-level courses on comedy writing and ...

Elliot Kalan is a comedy writer. He writes jokes professionally. Now, he's written a book about writing jokes. It's called Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense, and it seeks to answer ...