| This book is a compliation of the most popular one-liners, head scratchers and total groaners shared on social media by Author Allen Brokken. Awarded the prestigious Cool Dad Everyone Talks About by his own kids these wholesome jokes are sure to be a hit with your family. Plus this book contains his complete Telling Jokes and Puns for kids class with free digital access to course videos. Genre: Comedy Click here to get your copy! |  |
Interview with Allen
#1. What was the inspiration behind this book?
When I was a kid I loved joke books. I devoured them, so after two years of doing a daily dad joke I thought it would be good to collect them up into one thing.
When I was a kid I loved joke books. I devoured them, so after two years of doing a daily dad joke I thought it would be good to collect them up into one thing.
#2. What new or interesting things did you learn while researching for this book?
This isn’t really a writing or joke thing, but it was an interest problem to solve. I didn’t really have these jokes written down because I told them mostly while walking and talking in my neighborhood. So I wanted to just pull the transcripts from youtube to use to start the book. However, youtube shorts doesn’t just have a simple transcript button, so it turned into a whole technical process generate the transcripts one at a time.
This isn’t really a writing or joke thing, but it was an interest problem to solve. I didn’t really have these jokes written down because I told them mostly while walking and talking in my neighborhood. So I wanted to just pull the transcripts from youtube to use to start the book. However, youtube shorts doesn’t just have a simple transcript button, so it turned into a whole technical process generate the transcripts one at a time.
#3. What people influenced you the most while writing about this topic?
I would say that Tim Hawkins is probably one of my biggest influences as a Christian joke teller. His comedy always really hit home with me, plus my wife setup a surprise trip to one of his events. It was particularly funny because he was doing a joke about different kinds of laughs and I started laughing so hard he pointed me out in the audience.
I would say that Tim Hawkins is probably one of my biggest influences as a Christian joke teller. His comedy always really hit home with me, plus my wife setup a surprise trip to one of his events. It was particularly funny because he was doing a joke about different kinds of laughs and I started laughing so hard he pointed me out in the audience.
#4. Did you have a specific demographic in mind while writing this book?
While this book is geared towards boys in 3rd to 6th grade kids will generally like it and I think Dads that read it might learn a trick or two about making a joke that is actually funny. The class aspect of it is something I haven’t seen in any other joke book so it’s also relevant to a homeschool family looking for a quick fun unit.
While this book is geared towards boys in 3rd to 6th grade kids will generally like it and I think Dads that read it might learn a trick or two about making a joke that is actually funny. The class aspect of it is something I haven’t seen in any other joke book so it’s also relevant to a homeschool family looking for a quick fun unit.
#5. What do you hope your readers will remember after finishing this book?
One of the big things I hope kids get out of the class is the love of playing with words. The bad puns and one-liners that their Dads are telling them are really just baby jokes that haven’t matured yet. If they will play with words a bunch they can grow that one liner into something that’s actually funny.
One of the big things I hope kids get out of the class is the love of playing with words. The bad puns and one-liners that their Dads are telling them are really just baby jokes that haven’t matured yet. If they will play with words a bunch they can grow that one liner into something that’s actually funny.
More from Allen
When you are an author the industry encourages you to “have a social media presence”. As a new author that’s pretty intimidating because the focus is generally on long form writing which is very different than a 140 character tweet. For the first couple of years I tried different things in the hopes of engaging an audience and nothing seemed to gel.
Then my son introduced me to TikTok. He said, Dad sometimes your jokes are actually funny so why don’t you do them on Tik Tok? I was skeptical at first, but I have been known to be pretty PUN-ny at dinner parties so I tried it.
Given that my office has a lot of Star Wars memorabilia from when I was a kid I landed on telling Star Wars jokes at first. I had very little success only getting between 200 and 1000 view. Then one day I told this joke and my Tik Tok took off.
“So my son was on his way to take his drivers test and I handed him my collectable life size Storm Trooper helmet.”
He looked at me and said, “What’s this for?”
I replied,”So you don’t hit anything.”
If you’re not familiar with Star Wars that joke is funny because Storm Troopers notoriously don’t hit their target. Now I’ve broken the cardinal rule of joke telling, jokes that require the audience to do homework are not good jokes. Which is just one of the many rules of joking around that I learned over the past couple of years.
As my joke list increased I found a group of them that did particularly well online and realized the might make a good joke book. However, I also realized there are a lot of joke books for kids and I wanted to do something different with mine. So I decided I should include my class on telling jokes for kids as a part of the book. So in addition to a collection of funny jokes the book provides a workbook for learning how to tell your own jokes and access to my virtual class for kids on telling jokes and puns.
Then my son introduced me to TikTok. He said, Dad sometimes your jokes are actually funny so why don’t you do them on Tik Tok? I was skeptical at first, but I have been known to be pretty PUN-ny at dinner parties so I tried it.
Given that my office has a lot of Star Wars memorabilia from when I was a kid I landed on telling Star Wars jokes at first. I had very little success only getting between 200 and 1000 view. Then one day I told this joke and my Tik Tok took off.
“So my son was on his way to take his drivers test and I handed him my collectable life size Storm Trooper helmet.”
He looked at me and said, “What’s this for?”
I replied,”So you don’t hit anything.”
If you’re not familiar with Star Wars that joke is funny because Storm Troopers notoriously don’t hit their target. Now I’ve broken the cardinal rule of joke telling, jokes that require the audience to do homework are not good jokes. Which is just one of the many rules of joking around that I learned over the past couple of years.
As my joke list increased I found a group of them that did particularly well online and realized the might make a good joke book. However, I also realized there are a lot of joke books for kids and I wanted to do something different with mine. So I decided I should include my class on telling jokes for kids as a part of the book. So in addition to a collection of funny jokes the book provides a workbook for learning how to tell your own jokes and access to my virtual class for kids on telling jokes and puns.
 Allen Brokken | Allen Brokken is a teacher at heart, a husband, and a father most of all. He’s a joyful writer by the abundant grace of God. He began writing the Towers of Light series for his own children to help him illustrate the deep truths of the Bible in an engaging and age-appropriate way. He’s dedicated 15 years of his life to volunteer roles in children’s ministry and youth development. Now that his own children are off to college, he’s sharing his life experiences at home school conferences and through his blog and newsletter at his website. You can get sneak peeks of the ongoing adventures of Lauren, Aiden, and Ethan (plus their pets!) and the #dadjokeoftheday on all the major social media platforms. |
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