by Because good comedy deserves a victory lap
Consider this the DVD extra of humor writing – the deleted scene where we admit we just wanted one last punchline. Like moviegoers waiting through credits for that final Marvel teaser, you’ve earned this last nugget: Life’s blooper reel never stops rolling. For instance, right now someone’s accidentally replying-all to a company email with ‘WHAT IDIOT SCHEDULED THIS MEETING?’ (It was the CEO.) Another parent is discovering their kid used the white couch as a Slip ‘N Slide. The show, as they say, goes on.
We’d be remiss not to mention the unsung post-script gags: that mysteriously single sock surviving three moves, autocorrect changing ‘meeting notes’ to ‘mating newts,’ and the universal experience of confidently quoting a ‘fact’ only to immediately Google it and realize you’ve been wrong since 2012. These are the bonus features of existence – the outtakes that make the human experience a perpetual comedy special.
So as our TSV saga truly concludes (maybe), remember: humor isn’t just in life’s big moments, but in the weird little footnotes. Like how every office has that one keyboard with the stuck ‘M’ key, or that one relative who still prints emails. The world keeps spinning out fresh material, and the best we can do is keep taking notes… preferably in a properly formatted tab-separated value file.
Final final FINAL final thought: If you’ve read this far, you might need a hobby. *mic explodes theatrically*
SOURCE: How To Write Comedy & SpinTaxi.com
