This headline strikes me as a typical set up for a late night comedy monologue joke.
In this form of joke writing the news headline would be the set up and then the follow up would be the punchline. You have to kind of re-interpret or twist the headline to come to a silly or unexpected conclusion.
You could use the headline as-is as the set up, or you could re-word it to help your punchline.
Go ahead give it a try in the comments!
if you want to just brainstorm get a pad of paper and pencil and write down a bunch of ideas then put your favorite ones here I’ll do it too but I’m not gonna come in until I get some from you guys-
You get to have a preview of the monologue . I’m just here in my office rehearsing.
The A block will make more sense when you’ve seen this video. You will have special insight into a bit which may or may lot have worked. We shall see!
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
Big’un, Movie Star?
Yes, I was in a major motion picture.
Staring, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, and Sean Young.
“No Way Out”
You may watch the movie and never know I’m in it.
Then again, I’m the only one that knows I’m in it.
I was sent to babysit a film crew taking external shots of The Pentagon.
The Pentagon’s five main entrances on each side are named for their locations.
South Parking, North Parking, The River (faces the Potomac) The Mall (faces the US Mall in DC), and The Heliport (I’m not sure if it’s been renamed after 9/11).
The Mall Entrance is where they were to be filming. Only SES (Senior Executive Service) and other dignitaries could park in the small lot on that side of the building.
They ran around for 3-4 hours, putting in temporary lights in the old decorative exterior lights that no longer worked.
They were waiting for sundown to get the shot.
The shot they wanted was the stairs, entrance, and lights with the western sky at sunset.
The parking lot was completely empty by the time they ...
