Ian Karmel spent eight years writing for “The Late Late Show With James Corden” and for much of that time, he willingly fed the host a steady diet of fat jokes. Karmel knew whereof he quipped — he’d ...

There’s something so gratifying about taking word-related words (yes, you read that right) and making jokes out of them. Books, reading, and writing can all provide the best inspiration for puns and ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. When Anesti Danelis sat down to write a show last year, he’d heard artificial intelligence could speed up the process. So, the Toronto-based ...

It was inevitable that Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) was going to flirt with cancellation in the world of “Hacks.” So when it finally happened in Season 3, it’s not particularly surprising. What is ...

“When I’m writing jokes, my brain's back to being a sponge, absorbing everything around me, like ‘Oh, that might be a funny idea,’ or ‘That could work,’" Lane says about coming up with ideas for the ...

Stand-ups need time and practice to get good. When they have to focus on promotion and their social media feeds, the art form suffers. By Jason Zinoman In November, the comic Isabel Hagen made a ...

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 ...

Colin Jost says Scarlett Johansson was “genuinely so shocked” over the “vagina joke” on Saturday Night Live. Jost and his “Weekend Update” co-host Michael Che have made a joke swap tradition by ...