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Archive for August, 2006

Eat Your Motivational Speakers? Only in Montana.

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 27th, 2006

I’m back from Missoula, Montana where I got to do my motivational humorist speaker thing for a great group of Montana government employees — the Unemployment Insurance Division.
What a wonderful group of hard-working,  under-appreciated folks! It was fun to work with such a group that was ready to laugh. This group has […]

Hey MT Unemployment Insurance!

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 23rd, 2006

I had a ball with you folks…. I got back late and didn’t have time to post… but come back soon and I’ll post the picture John took of me and the bear, and I’ll write up my thoughts about your awesome group.
(And I leave for a job in Cincinatti early tomorrow.)
Special Shout Out to […]

Good Magican… good friend.

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 21st, 2006

A good friend, and fellow Colorado magician Danny Archer was just profiled in the Society of American Magician’s magazine.
Danny is a good magician; and he has also invented many tricks for sale to other professional magicians. Besides that… he’s a good guy.
Congrats, Danny.
(Another cool connection: Colorado magician Lindsey Smith wrote the article about Danny. Lindsey […]

Humor and Funerals? What’s that got to do with you?

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 18th, 2006

I’ve been interested in humor and it’s relation to grief and difficult times for a while now.
I recently saw something on public television that just blew me away. It was a documentary on military funerals, and some of the people who help facilitate those ceremonies. (Planners, military guys who do all the fancy […]

Humor and Presidents

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 16th, 2006

I have NO idea what this means, but this image cracks me up:

(If it doesn’t make any sense, click “reload” on your browser and watch the image.) Think President Bush can see the humor in this? How about Alfred E. Newman? What do you think?
Brad Montgomery
Keynote Motivational Speaker, Humor […]

(RSS Warning) With A Little Help From My Friends….

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 14th, 2006

If you don’t understand any of this post, don’t worry, it won’t affect you. If you do understand… consider it a fair warning.
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We’ve had some trouble with the (still new) podcast and iTunes. With the help of my friend and fellow professional speaker, Michael Santarcangelo, we think we have […]

Why did Comedian Josh Blue Win?

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 11th, 2006

Colorado Comedian Josh Blue just won Last Comic Standing.   Why?
Yes he was funny.  Yes he was talented.  Yes his jokes were good.  But the main reason why he beat the others is because he is likable.
All of the comics were funny.  (Ok, some more than others.)  But what Josh has is charm and a huge […]

The Hows & Whys of Clean Stand Up Comedians

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 7th, 2006

My wife and I ( and a couple of pals) recently went to the Comedy Works comedy club in Denver, Colorado. We saw what we all agreed were three lame opening stand up comics. My wife was horrified when one stand up comic jumped from telling us about his new baby and […]

But wait! There’s more…Carnivals!

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 7th, 2006

I got picked up by a fun blog…. Thanks Kids!
But wait! There’s more…
Carnival of the Mundane: The Summer School Edition
As the summer school session drew to a close, I found myself in a classroom of 24 sixth-going-on-seventh graders who had run out of work and were expecting a party. Instead, I gave them each a […]

But wait! There’s more…

Posted by Motivational Speakers: Brad Montgomery on August 7th, 2006

But wait! There’s more…
Carnival of the Mundane: The Summer School Edition
As the summer school session drew to a close, I found myself in a classroom of 24 sixth-going-on-seventh graders who had run out of work and were expecting a party. Instead, I gave them each a fresh sheet of paper and asked them to write […]