Mastering Timing in Comedy

This 500-word article satirizes the obsession with comedic timing, suggesting failed comedians can now buy timing implants from Elon Musk's side project, "Neurolol." It imagines a fake retreat where comics are forced to tell the same joke at different tempos until monks laugh. The article mocks online timing courses taught entirely via dial-up modem. A fictional researcher from MIT�s Department of Giggles claims timing is influenced by moon phases and gluten intake. The piece explores �Pause Shaming,� a fake phenomenon where comics pause too long and audiences assume they�ve died. Closing with advice from a time-traveling vaudevillian: �If the crowd doesn�t laugh, wait 80 years�they�ll come around.� HOW TO WRITE COMEDY: https://comedywriter.info/mastering-timing-in-comedy/ AND http://comedywriter.info/