When I coach others about how to be funny, I teach saver lines. Basically, these are jokes that you tell after a joke goes bad to “save” the situation.
Johnny Carson was the king of savers. I just found this video….check out the master.

If you are a comedian or speaker and are looking [...]

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How Do You Become a Comedian? In this podcast we join corporate comedian David Glickman as he tells us about his first paid job as a comedian. Believe it [...]

 

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Harvey Korman was one of my favorites.   He died this week, and my heart was broken.
I grew up loving the Carole Burnett Show.  I loved him and Tim Conway.  I loved everything about him.
I often talk of him when I’m teaching comedy and presenting to other speakers.  I talk about how much fun we had [...]

One of my favorite corporate comedians or comedian speakers is Kansas City comedian Mark Mayfield. He, like me, is a motivational humorist, but got his start in comedy. And it shows on stage… he is REALLY funny.
I’ve known Mark for years since we did a showcase together. He’s always been totally [...]

This is so sad. You might have read that comedian Rechard Jeni shot himself. One of the funniest people in the country couldn’t deal with whatever he was facing and ended it all for himself.
In my seminars and keynotes, I frequently have audiences who miss the crucial difference between the need to be [...]

In this episode, I interview corporate comedian and inspirational / motivational speaker Steve Rizzo. Based out of New York, Steve uses his skills learned as a stand up comedian in his current job as a motivational speaker to teach people how to find their inner Humor Being.
Steve has been a friend for a long [...]

 

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Michael Richards is an idiot. And probably a racist idiot. (In case you’ve been in a cave, comedian Michael Richards (Seinfeld’s “Kramer”) tore into some hecklers with some high-octane racial slurs. The whole thing was caught on a cell-phone-video. And in the back of the stage you can clearly see the [...]

We’re back with more of our interview with Kansas City, Missouri based corporate comedian and humorist motivational speaker Mark Mayfield.
He talks a bit about how we can see the world through the lens of a comedian. If we can see the world with a sense of humor it helps us keep some of the [...]

 

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Announcing the release of Comedy War Stories, a new audio for sale in our store.
If you are like me and love hearing crazy fiasco and disaster stories from folks about their jobs; or if you you think it might be fun to her what comedians talk about when the show is over; or [...]

This is a pretty cool post about from a (infrequently blogging) comedian interviewing another comedian. My favorite question was regarding “a wierdest moment on stage.”
(My interest in weird comedian stories comes from the recent release of Comedy War Stories.)
From: 8 Questions with a comedian: Johnny Millwater

Here’s an excerpt:
8 Questions With Johnny [...]