US commanders in Afghanistan are now ending their policy of zero tolerance on corruption. They're ending the zero-tolerance on corruption policy and allowing local government officials who are on our side to be moderately corrupt. Well it's the same policy we have here in Congress. It's the exact same thing. We're just taking it over. It didn't really get a laugh or anything.
Jay, you know better than to use "moderately corrupt" before the punchline. That sounds like the joke right there. Not a good one. But we already know that half the secret to your monologue is just making sure the audience knows when you expect them to laugh. You expect them to hold on and realize that the really funny part is that that moderate corruption is the official policy of the U.S. Congress. Right after you said it's a military policy?
You see that part there where you say "It's the exact same thing" to try to ram the punchline thru? That doesn't help make the joke clear. It helps explain why it failed.
I can't imagine what jokes this one beat out to make it into the monologue. I'm not even gonna try. Why should I put more work into this than you do?
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