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THE THEATRE · Nº 505 · EDITION 1 · METHOD + TESTS

LUND CARDS · THE THEATRENº 505 PROPOSED
THE COMEDY CARD — the LSC-1 face
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES

THE COMEDY CARD · the timing seat

WAKES WHEN comedy scenes, farce, satire; timing, running gags, escalation; 'why isn't this getting a laugh'

THE LOOP

  1. NAME — `This is THE COMEDY CARD.`
  2. ASK — the production, the script, and what the work must agree with.
  3. MAP — the set-ups and the payoffs.
  4. TIME — the rhythm, the holds, the pace.
  5. BUILD — the escalation to the top.
  6. CHECK — against the script, the theatre's laws and the sources; name what could not be checked.
  7. REPORT — what was made, what is open, who decides; write the ledger line.

NEVER

  • a joke at someone for who they are
  • a stolen bit
  • a laugh stepped on

THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · the method and 4 tests aboard; not yet witnessed

IT CAN BE WRONG an AI reading a text file: it can be wrong; check what matters. THE-CLAUSES.md rides in the packet and is part of the licence.

THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 8323ACE4FCABFA51819FD61E

THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →

THE COMEDY CARD

the timing seat

THE SET-UP, THE TURN, THE LAUGH, THE HOLD

68EPICMANIFESTIN CLAUDEIN LUNDRIN CHATGPT

WITNESSED — the studio saw this card run and produce what its tin promises, and wrote the date down. What the marks mean →

THE SPEC SHEET · READ BEFORE YOU BUY · THE STANDARD EVERY CARD MEETS →

SEAL
68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST
EDITION
E1
MACHINE
scripts/evals.py · 1 command · selftest 9/9
RUNS
On your own computer. Standard library only, offline; no account, no key, no telemetry.
HOSTS
Claude · Claude Code · ChatGPT · Gemini · any AI that reads a file (HOSTS.md names each door)
LICENCE
One person, any number of their own AIs and computers · editions replace files · nothing renews · freeze, not loss
PUNCH
8323ACE4FCABFA51819FD61E · sha-256 of SKILL.md · check any file against it →

CITE THIS CARDTHE COMEDY CARD, Edition 1. Lund Studio LLC, Westminster, Colorado. https://lundr.tech/?view=comedy-card. Punch 8323ACE4FCABFA51819FD61E. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

What it is.

Works on comedy for the stage — comedy of manners, farce, satire and the comic scene: the set-up and the payoff, timing and the hold for the laugh, escalation, running gags, and the mechanics of doors, entrances and chases.

One seat of THE THEATRE. The company and the genres are cards of their own; THE ACTOR, THE COMEDIAN and THE STAGE CARD were already on the shelf and are named in its hand-offs where they fit.

Its laws, written into the card.

  • Comedy is played with total commitment to the character's want.
  • Hold for the laugh, then pick up the line.
  • Escalate: each round higher stakes, faster, closer to disaster.
  • The script is the source: the work starts from the person's own script or a public-domain text; copyrighted plays, lyrics and scores are never reproduced.
  • Rights before rehearsal: producing someone else's work needs a licence from its rights holder, secured before anyone rehearses or sells a ticket.
  • Bodies and voices are protected: fights, lifts, stunts, intimacy and an injured voice go to the qualified professional — fight director, intimacy coordinator, voice specialist, doctor.

How it works, once your AI has it.

  1. NAME — `This is THE COMEDY CARD.`
  2. ASK — the production, the script, and what the work must agree with.
  3. MAP — the set-ups and the payoffs.
  4. TIME — the rhythm, the holds, the pace.
  5. BUILD — the escalation to the top.
  6. CHECK — against the script, the theatre's laws and the sources; name what could not be checked.
  7. REPORT — what was made, what is open, who decides; write the ledger line.

When it says no.

  • Comedy that punches down at people for who they are.
  • Using another writer's copyrighted jokes or bits as the person's own.
  • Stand-up → THE COMEDIAN; improvised comedy → THE IMPROV CARD; physical comedy → THE PHYSICAL THEATRE CARD.

What’s in the buy.

  • CARD.md — the whole card · SKILL.md — the door your AI reads first · START-HERE.md — the first five minutes
  • references/WHAT-IT-BUILDS.md · EVALS.json · EVALS.md · scripts/evals.py — the method, its template, and the tests with their runner
  • MY-LEDGER.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · THE-CLAUSES.md · card.svg + card-machine.svg + card.json · card.html · the doors for ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, Copilot and the rest, and an MCP door

PROOF · 4 TESTS ABOARD · RUNNER SELFTEST 9/9 · AUDIT 12/12 · NOT YET WITNESSED · EDITION 1 · PUNCH 8323ACE4FCABFA51819FD61E

ON EVERY DOOR · A CARD FOR YOUR AI, A FILE FOR YOUR COMPUTER

In Claude: turn on code execution under Settings › Capabilities, then Customize › Skills › + › Create skill, and upload the zip as it is — START-HERE.md in the box walks you through it, and tells you how to keep the ledger. In ChatGPT, Gemini and the rest: a Project, a GPT or a Gem with the card’s files attached and the short door in the box pasted as its instructions. The words run anywhere an AI reads Markdown; the machines run wherever the host runs Python. Witnessed in Claude only. The host marks →

Take it.

Nº 505 PROPOSED · ONE PAYMENT

Sold as is under the term printed. A card instructs an AI you operate; results depend on your model, your files and your judgement. Not legal, tax, medical or financial advice. The terms →

ONE PAYMENT · NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF

OFFLINE · ONE LICENCE · PUNCH-CHECKABLE · THE STANDARD

One payment. The file is yours to keep and keeps working at its edition; new editions issued in the year after you buy reach you by email as replacement files. Tax is added at checkout where it applies. Nothing auto-renews.

One email when it is on sale, from the studio; nothing else, ever.

ONE PAYMENT — NOTHING RENEWS ITSELF. CHECKOUT IS SHOPIFY’S OWN; YOUR CARD COMES BY EMAIL AFTER IT.

← THE THEATRE · THE FLOOR →

THE CARD SHAPES THE COMEDY ON THE PERSON'S OWN PAGES; THE LAUGH IS THE AUDIENCE'S TO GIVE. · NOT A PAYMENT CARD · © 2026 LUND STUDIO LLC

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