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Messed-Up To Set-Ups - A MichaelHalcomb.Live Podcast

Discussing The Messed-Up Things That Make Life Funny

Reflections on Comedy, Stand-Up or Otherwise, from Michael Halcomb. Discussing The Messed-Up Things That Make Life Funny. www.michaelhalcomb.live

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FREE & Easy Joke-Writing Tools for Comedians

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2025/01/25

It’s episode #13 of the "Messed-Up To Set-Ups podcast, y’all! And in this episode, comedian Michael Halcomb introduces another, yes ANOTHER, free and new resource he’s created for joke writers. This one shows you how to quickly and easily use logical fallacies to generate original joke material. To watch this episode on YouTube go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes HERE. For more great resources, check out MichaelHalcomb.Live.MichaelHalcomb.Live is a subscriber-supported publication

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28:03

2 Comedians Making Up Jokes

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2025/01/21

Episode #12 of the "Messed-Up To Set-Ups podcast is finally here. In this episode, Comedian Michael Halcomb and Comedian Drew Davis pull back the curtain on making jokes. Drew tells a joke he’s used on stage and gives the backstory then the two comedians spend 20 or so minutes making up jokes on the spot in real time. To watch the first interview between these two on YouTube go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes HERE. For more great resources, check out MichaelHalcomb.Live. Get full

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9:47

11. Easy, Funny Jokes

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2025/01/18

An easy, foolproof way to generate joke-writing material - thats what this episode, #11 of the "Messed-Up To Set-Ups podcast, is all about. Comedian Michael Halcomb shares another new joke-writing tool that he’s created and he shows you how to come up with jokes on the spot. It’s a spin-off of the 2-Lists Method and it’s pretty cool. Use it and get writing; use it and start creating original content immediately. To watch this episode on YouTube go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes

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33:38

11. How To Do Stand-Up Full Time

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2025/01/14

Hey, Friends! It’s the eleventh episode of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast. In this episode, the first part of a two-part interview, comedian Michael Halcomb chats with comedian Drew Davis. Interestingly, both Drew and Michael have been in ministry for a long time but have now shifted to stand-up comedy. Michael talks to Drew about how that happened for him and how it came to be that Drew got into stand-up full time. To watch this episode on YouTube go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing

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9:29

10. Boom. Roasted. How To Roast Anyone

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2025/01/09

Lets go! It’s the tenth installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast. In this episode, comedian Michael Halcomb gives some tips for roasting anyone and shows you a new tool he built to help you practice. As he loves doing, he spends more time here pulling back the curtain on the joke-writing and joke-making process and gives insight into how he comes up with tons of roast jokes on the spot and in real time. To watch this episode on YouTube go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes

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38:03

9. Two Comedians Write Jokes On The Spot

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2025/01/06

Friends, it’s the ninth installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast. In this episode, which is the second in a 2-part series, comedian Michael Halcomb talks comedy shop with fellow comedian and New Jersey native, Joe Scrocca. Here the two comedians spend time pulling back the curtain on the joke-writing process and actually come up with tons of jokes on the spot in real time, too. To watch this episode on YouTube go HERE and to view the first episode of the interview on YouTube, go HERE. Watch

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33:03

Starting Stand-Up Comedy

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2025/01/02

It’s the New Year, it’s 2025, and it’s the eighth installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast. In this episode, comedian Michael Halcomb talks comedy shope with fellow comedian and New Jersey native, Joe Scrocca. The two discuss their first year in comedy—some of their successes, what they’ve learned, and what’s ahead. This is the first part of a 2-part interview. In the second one, they’ll spend 30-40 minutes pulling back the curtain on the joke-writing process and will actually come up with

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7:43

7. Tech & Joke Writing

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2025/01/01

Here, friends, is the sevent installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast and, in this episode, comedian Michael Halcomb spends some more time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. This time he talks about how to write jokes from cliches and shows some technology that’ll help you do so. To watch this episode on YouTube, which is probably more helpful since you can see the process in action, go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes HERE. For more great resources, check

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12:02

6. How To Write Jokes Fast

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2024/12/28

It’s the sixth installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast and, in this episode, comedian Michael Halcomb spends some more time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. This time he talks about how to write jokes fast and some technology that’ll help you do so. To watch this episode on YouTube, which is probably more helpful since you can see the process in action, go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes from news headlines HERE. For more great resources, check out

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13:18

5. The Evolution of a Joke

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2024/12/26

In the fifth installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast, comedian Michael Halcomb spends more time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. This time, he talks about how using the structures of logic and logical fallacies can help joke writers write jokes. To watch this episode on YouTube, which is probably more helpful since you can see the process in action, go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes from news headlines HERE. For more great resources, check out

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4. How I Write Personal Jokes: The Math of Sarcasm

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2024/12/18

In the fourth installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast, comedian Michael Halcomb spends more time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. This time, he writes jokes from the content of a more personal story; well, a story about a buddy, anyway. To watch this episode on YouTube, which is probably more helpful since you can see the process in action, go HERE. Watch earlier episodes about writing jokes from news headlines HERE. For more great resources, check out

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3. Writing Jokes From The News: Writing Simple Jokes #3

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2024/12/14

In the third installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast, comedian Michael Halcomb spends more time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. This time, he writes jokes from the content of a news article about drones in New Jersey. For the precursor to this video, which was about writing jokes from news headlines, click HERE. For more great resources, check out MichaelHalcomb.Live. To Watch on YouTube, which is probably more helpful since you can see the process in action, go HERE

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17:14

2. Jokes From Headlines: Writing Simple Jokes #2

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2024/12/11

In the second installment of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast, up-and-coming comedian, Michael Halcomb, spends more time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. This time, he writes from a news headline about drones in New Jersey. For more great resources, check out MichaelHalcomb.Live. To Watch on YouTube, which is probably more helpful since you can see the process in action, go HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access

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41:00

1. Writing Simple Jokes #1

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2024/12/08

In this inaugural video of the “Messed-Up To Set-Ups” podcast, up-and-coming comedian, Michael Halcomb, spends time pulling back the curtain on his joke-writing process. For more great resources, check out MichaelHalcomb.Live. To Watch on YouTube, go HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.michaelhalcomb.live

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