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Alex Baze

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New York
As seen in: Late Night with Seth Meyers, The New Yorker, McSweeney's
Cynical shell. Soft, chewy center.
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Welcome to the Guest Room

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By Alex Baze Verified
| The New Yorker Verified
Hey, Pumpkin! I thought you were going to call me from the turnoff. Why’d you park there? Now I can’t bring up my trash cans. You must be the boyfriend. I’m Walter, but you might as well call me Grandpa, too. Let me show you to the guest room. It’s right up at the top of these stairs. You kind of have to go up sideways, the way skiers do when they don’t want to take their skis off. We’ve been meaning to put in a bannister, but for now you can just push your backside against the wall and slide up.
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Anatomy Of An Awesome Joke

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By Jessica Delfino Verified, Priscilla Du Preez, Alex Baze Verified
| The Writing Cooperative
These comedians told me some of their favorite jokes and explained why they love them Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash One of my favorite hobbies is dissecting jokes. (It sure beats dissecting a dead frog.) I want to know what makes the joke funny? Why did the audience laugh? What makes a joke incredible? Likable? Lovable? Memorable? Worth a million dollars? Likely to propel a career, or maybe destroy it?
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