Comedy Creator

Your premise card

A topic, a comedy genre and a joke structure. Write five jokes before you draw again.

Everyday topics Trending films & shows

Topic holiday sweaters lock

Genre Schwank (comedy) unlock
In German-speaking cultures, Schwank (pronounced [ʃvaŋk] ) is a genre of short funny tale, verse, song, play, opera, etc. In German, common meanings for the word Schwank are "prank", "funny tale", told for entertainment…

Everyone acts like holiday sweaters is normal. Explain why it isn't.

Structure Comparison / analogy: 'X is like Y': find the unexpected similarity.
Example: "Assembling furniture is like a marriage. Instructions are optional until everything collapses."

Word bank sauna · spa · bead · mon · calendar · float · exercising · crepe

Tip: Ask: what's the hidden truth everybody feels but nobody says?

Draw again Permalink · Riff this topic