Pay for Popsicle Stick Writers
My children asked me how much money is earned by the people who write jokes for popsicle sticks. Here is some info I collected off the internets in 2004:
- Comedy writing for night club entertainers: Gags only, $5-25 each. Routines, $100-1,000 per minute. Some new comics may try to get a 5-minute routine for $150; others will pay $2,500 for a 5-minute bit from a top writer.
- Party toasts, limericks, place card verses: $1.50/line.
Based on this information, I’d guess that a popsicle stick joke writer earns about $1 per word.
Take that, you Rat! POW !!