We've all been there: catching a moment in time or an observation, and thinking to yourself, "Wait a minute - that's funny!"

But then you try to retell your funnies to others, only to be met with blank faces.

There are various tips and tricks around turning that material into jokes that will work on stage and at dinner parties - and comic, broadcaster and podcaster Mel Sargeant knows her way around pretty much all of them.

‘Pretty damn funny’ - The Age, Melbourne International Comedy Festival

‘Cutting edge political commentary’ - The Groggy Squirrel

You might know Mel ‘Sarge’ Sargeant from NEW FM, before that she worked for the NOVA 969, 919, 937 and also spent some time at SCA's, 2DAY FM and B105.

In her 20s she’s toured nationally as a comedian penning several shows in Melbourne International Comedy Festival as well as Melbourne Fringe, Perth Fringe and others. She’s also Law Grad from Melbourne where she took out the Victorian Campus Comedy Competition whilst studying before going on to study and graduate from AFTRS in Commercial Radio. These days she owns Newcastle Podcast Station, hosts Apple Featured NHM I Got It From My Mumma, is on air at NEW FM, MCs for Stockland, various charities such as The Cancer Council's Stars of Newcastle, SIDS and kids and more, she also teaches yoga classes about town and gets told off by her toddlers daily.