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Proud to return to SF Sketchfest in January! Sketchfest tix on sale starting this Sunday 11/16!

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2026 Lineup - SF Sketchfest
SF Sketchfest is San Francisco’s premier comedy festival showcasing improv, sketch, podcasts, films and more.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did you miss me on the radio talking about my new book JOKE FARMING? You can still hear it right here (about 32 minutes in)! omny.fm/shows/airtal...
City Council vote on rent stabilization, An interview with Susan Orlean, and more - AirTalk
Today on AirTalk: LA City Council votes on rent stabilization; the cultural significance of Zohran Mamdani; how to write a joke; Bill Gates' comments on climate; and an interview with Susan Orlean. T...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
WEDNESDAY! I'll be talking about my new book, JOKE FARMING, on @laist.com radio around 9:40 am PT. "Hey, isn't that when Air Talk is on?" Yeah, that's when Air Talk is on! Because I'm going to be on Air Talk! laist.com
Local and national news, NPR, things to do, food recommendations and guides to Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire | LAist
Local and national news, NPR, things to do, food recommendations and guides to Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire
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November 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I got to talk about my new book JOKE FARMING on one of the greatest podcasts of all time!
99pi.org 99% Invisible @99pi.org · 3d
When jokes become an EOD deliverable, your joke writing process has to be air tight. @elliottkalan.bsky.social walks us through how he grows jokes from tiny ideas into full-blown laughs.

Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/646-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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CHICAGO COMEDY FANS: I'll be at 57th Street Books on Sunday, 11/16 at 3 pm signing copies of my new book JOKE FARMING! Stop by and buy a book and I'll sign it -- in PERMANENT INK!
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Anne Libera & Elliott Kalan - "Funnier" & "Joke Farming" | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Just pre-ordered Joke Farming by @elliottkalan.bsky.social, who is a real person that has made some very funny things despite his lack of a profile pic on this website. He's a real person though, with glasses and hairs and the rest!
Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense
Amazon.com: Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense: 9780226829920: Kalan, Elliott: Books
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November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In 30 minutes! We at @flophousepodcast.com will be live on your computer screens (if you tune in) talking about the 1980 laser-rollerskate-Greek-myth musical XANADU! theflophouse.simpletix.com #FlopTV
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November 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
CHICAGO COMEDY FANS: I'll be at 57th Street Books on Sunday, 11/16 at 3 pm signing copies of my new book JOKE FARMING! Stop by and buy a book and I'll sign it -- in PERMANENT INK!
www.semcoop.com/event/anne-l...
Anne Libera & Elliott Kalan - "Funnier" & "Joke Farming" | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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October 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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NEW EPISODE! @elliottkalan.bsky.social (The Flop House, Harley Quinn) returns to the show to talk about a new licensed Marvel comic about some sort of war in the stars! bit.ly/MBTMapr77
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A RARE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS: My new book on the art of joke writing, JOKE FARMING from @uchicagopress.bsky.social
is now available for purchase by YOU! Everything (mostly) I learned from two decades of professional humor writing, in one not-very-long book! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Joke Farming
The winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his process for writing comedy without going insane.   Philosophers may debate the meaning ...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As you can see from this photo: I just received a real, actual copy of my humor writing book JOKE FARMING (in stores 11/12!) AND I cut my finger! It's been an exciting day! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The Guild must not let this go. We need more clarity about this decision to suspend.
September 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In preparation for the High Holy Days, I got to talk about one of the Jewishest comics there is!
thecomicscanon.bsky.social The Comics Canon Podcast @thecomicscanon.bsky.social · Sep 17
A major work needs a major guest, so we’re thrilled that comics writer Elliott Kalan of @flophousepodcast.com joined us to talk Will Eisner’s landmark work, ‘A Contract With God!” Is Eisner’s brilliant, baffling, deeply personal book really “the first graphic novel?”
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Episode 241: A Contract With God (With Elliott Kalan)
Content warning: Sexual assault, pedophilia On this episode, we welcome The Flop House podcast co-host, current Harley Quinn writer and former The Daily Show With Jon Stewart head writer Elliott Kala
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September 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Let them…podcast? The @flophousepodcast.com’s @elliottkalan.bsky.social joins Podcast Movie Movie Podcast @maximumfun.org to discuss 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong and the Titan Truth podcast: maximumfun.org/join/

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September 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Win a copy of comedian @elliottkalan.bsky.social's new book on writing jokes without going insane! We're giving away 100 copies!
Book giveaway for Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense by Elliott Kalan Sep 15-Sep 30, 2025
Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 15-Sep 30, 2025. Win a copy of comedian Elliott Kalan's new book on writing jokes....
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September 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Want to learn how to write jokes the Elliott Kalan way? Good news! Goodreads is giving away 100 copies of my upcoming joke-writing book, JOKE FARMING: HOW TO WRITE COMEDY AND OTHER NONSENSE! Go see if you can get one! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense by Elliott Kalan Sep 15-Sep 30, 2025
Enter to win one of 100 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 15-Sep 30, 2025. Win a copy of comedian Elliott Kalan's new book on writing jokes....
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September 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
IN ONE HOUR! @flophousepodcast.com presents FlopTV Season 3 Episode 1 LIVE! On your computer! Tickets still available! 9 pm ET/6pm PT! Can't watch live? Your ticket gets you access to the recording after the show!
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September 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
FLOP HOUSE FANS! TONIGHT! Episode 1 of FlopTV: Flopsterpiece Theater! We @flophousepodcast.com guys will be live on your computer screen at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT with an all-new show! Can't watch tonight? Your ticket gets you exclusive access to the show recording! theflophouse.simpletix.com
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September 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The bad news: our Chicago show sold out.

The good news? That means WE ADDED ANOTHER SHOW!

LATE SHOW! 11/16/25! 9:30 PM! We will be talking about the Jim Belushi movie K-9!

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The Flop House Podcast (Late Show) Tickets | $24.72 | 16 Nov @ Sleeping Village, Chicago | DICE
$20 Adv + Fees | 21+ ***This is a partially seated, partially standing room only event. First come, first served.*** The Flop House podcast co-hosts Elliot...
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August 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Flop TV Season 3 tickets are on sale now!
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July 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"America has no legal tradition of not liking kings."
-- John Roberts pretty soon
August 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
In hindsight, it was a bad idea for every Democrat in the federal government to leave for Valinor.
August 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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CHICAGO LISTENERS: Come see us at Sleeping Village on Nov. 16! We'll be doing our presentation shenanigans and discussing the Jim Belushi film Taking Care of Business!
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The Flop House Podcast Tickets | $24.72 | 16 Nov @ Sleeping Village, Chicago | DICE
$20 Adv + Fees | 21+ ***This is a partially seated, partially standing room only event. First come, first served.*** The Flop House podcast co-hosts Elliot...
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August 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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FLOP HOUSE FANS: Don't forget to buy your tickets for FLOPTV Season 3! All-new online live broadcasts from your favorite lunkheads at @flophousepodcast.com! First Saturday of the month, Sept - Feb! Can't watch live? Your ticket gets you access to the video after the show! theflophouse.simpletix.com
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August 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM