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Thanks for asking! I wrote some new jokes, polished some others. Got on stage after a long hiatus and delivered the aforementioned jokes. Then, I wrote a blog piece about it: https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/2percentat50.home.blog/120

Good suggestion. I just finished a revised version that's way more streamlined.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/264559930/Modern-Family-Full-Phil-ment

Hi.

If you’re interested in a book on the subject, I believe that Gene Perret (late night writer for Bob Hope and Carol Burnett) has a good one — https://www.amazon.com/dp/0887346472

I also took an Onion class at Second City, where we basically were to write ten punchlines using each of Scott Dikkers’ funny filters — https://www.amazon.com/dp/1499196121/

That was a very useful exercise in seeing how I could work a setup in many different ways.

Depending on what you’re writing for (e.g. monologue jokes vs narrative jokes), to me it personally boils down to my own POV and interest. If you feel that the Pitch app is a waste of time, you’ll probably find it hard to put in your best effort here (in my experience). So, as cheesy as that advice is, following your interests and passions (i.e. writing in a format, for an audience, or on a topic you care about) may also help you get the juices flowing. :)

Good luck!

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If that video is the style you're going to continue working on, I'd recommend reading this book. It's geared towards written humor, but I'd consider the style of video you linked to be very similar.

I don't think the rules are different for anyone. They're just looking for spec scripts.

If you want to learn how to write a spec and improve your script writing in general, I strongly suggest this book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TV-Writers-Workbook-Ellen-Sandler/dp/0385340508