write a gag

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• The late-night host asked his team to write a fresh gag for the cold open.
• She can write a gag in under a minute when the audience starts to drift.
• They wrote a gag about the mayor that brought the house down.
• I'm writing gags for the sketch while the actors rehearse.
• By noon, he'd already written three gags for the monologue.
• Do you think you could write a gag that lands without being mean?
• Our brief was to write gags that fit a family‑friendly tone.
• She doesn't just write gags; she builds entire bits around them.
• If the punchline falls flat, we go back and write another gag.
• He used to write gags for radio, but now he coaches new comics.