The Art of Wordplay

This 500-word satire celebrates and mocks the oldest trick in the comedy book: wordplay. It begins by suggesting that pun-makers are the lowest rung of the comedic ladder�just above people who do impressions of their printers. A fictional university now offers a Master�s in Pun Administration, where students minor in Groan Management. The article profiles a made-up comedian who communicates entirely through portmanteaus and once proposed to his wife using a palindrome. A satire of workshops includes drills like �Pun CrossFit� where comedians lift homonyms until someone cries. The conclusion includes a fake ruling from the International Comedy Court: �Excessive wordplay is only a misdemeanor if you smirk first.� HOW TO WRITE COMEDY: https://comedywriter.info/the-art-of-wordplay/ AND http://comedywriter.info/