Jim Marino | Points in Case

Jim Marino Cleveland

Very Serious Academic moonlighting as a goofball. Other jokes to be found on McSweeney's site; fiction at Alaska Quarterly Review, Apex Magazine, and elsewhere.

Comedy Writing

cobra in the office!!

I Know We Don’t All See Eye-to-Eye About the Office Cobra

We all know the cobra has been part of our company since its very beginning, back in that little office over the combined schnitzel house and shoe repair.

by Jim Marino
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January 6, 2026
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First date man and woman outside eating

Dating an MFA Student: Preliminary Waiver and Release

Your Date reserves the right to describe your physical shortcomings, erroneous grammar, ill-chosen wardrobe, and sub-par erotic technique in detail.

by Jim Marino
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July 28, 2021

Gotham City’s Ladies’ Charitable Auxiliary Would Like to Apologize

by Jim Marino | October 17, 2023 | Weekly Humorist

I’m Going to Get Arrested Friday

by Jim Marino | March 23, 2023 | Weekly Humorist

Don’t Say You Worship Satan If It’s Only on Halloween

by Jim Marino | October 27, 2022 | Weekly Humorist

If the Liberal Have Their Way, There Will Be No Bangable Chocoloate at All

by Jim Marino | January 25, 2022 | Weekly Humorist

I Must Regretfully Decline Your Invitation to Beef

by Jim Marino | November 12, 2021 | Weekly Humorist

Questions for the Jedi Vice-Chair of Graduate Studies

by Jim Marino | October 27, 2021 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency

I Am Just Trying to Have a Civil Online Conversation about Vampires

by Jim Marino | October 27, 2021 | McSweeney's Internet Tendency