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This week, we've got a simple technique you can use to diagnose what might be going wrong with your short humor premise. After that, we’ve got a couple of recommendations of things we’ve been into lately: a deck of cards, an article, and a movie podcast.

One Easy Way to Tell if Your Premise Isn’t Working