Katrina: Pick THIS card!
Comedian magician (and pal) Michael C. Anthony just did something very cool. As he was on the road working for a college in Mississippi where after the show he went to visit three different shelters...
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What is funny? High School Teachers!
This is a note I received from a pal and High School Teacher, Lindsey Pahs….who happens to be a very funny person. I used to think he was an expert at humor by accident. But check out this note that...
View ArticleARMY humor? Yup, humor in leadership
Do YOU think humor has a place in business? I sure do. Check out this excerpt form a humor newsletter from Humorist Roz Trieber.“Research demonstrates there is a significant correlation between humor...
View ArticleI missed the final exam
Motivational HUMOR IN EDUCATIONI recently spoke to a bunch of partners and managers for the Colorado office of KPMG. Managers, partners, and a few support staff. They have had a tough year and needed a...
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Clown Noses In the Board room
Clown Noses at WorkAt a very recent date where I was a California Motivational Speaker in San Jose, California for the HRD Network we talked about the importance of Humor In the Workplace. One of the...
View ArticleHumor and Red Cross Shelters. This Ain’t Funny!
On the way back working for a teachers in-service for a bunch of educators and teachers, (I love being a education motivational speaker!)I got caught in a freak storm that shut down Colorado’s main...
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Brain in a Jar
Steve Spangler is a guy with a great idea. He is selling somethin’ cool: Body Parts in a Jar.Can you imagine how funny this thing would be on your desk? Think it would change the mood in the office?...
View ArticleMotivational Speaker: the Lion King?
Motivational speaker Vic Johnson posted a good story about a college kid athlete who loved the Lion King movie… with a surprise ending.Basically, a reported asked the athlete about his favorite movie,...
View ArticleLenny Bruce: Comedian’s comedian
Newsweek has a really interesting article about comedian Lenny Bruce by Brian Braiker:“If a comic gets onstage and tells his audience “I am not a comedian,” he’d better say something important—or...
View ArticlePunch Lines are NOT funny
Well, not exactly. I was recently in the audience at the Comedy Works to see a a few Colorado comedians. It was an excellent show.I had a huge “ah ha” moment when watching the opening comic. I learned...
View ArticleI love her!
Ellen Degeneres is just an awesome comedian. I loved her way before she hit the mainstream…. I loved her stand up comedy on HBO. Big funny. And she still rocks. Likable. Funny. Smart. Clean. Awesome...
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Bones in the Airport
I was in O’Hare airport in Chicago, Illinois today and saw something fun: a parade. A bunch of halloween skeletons, dressed, dancing, smiling, and generally creating a bit of performance art in...
View ArticleHumor Us is Humorous
We’re on the final home stretch of printing the second humor anthology Humor Us: America’s Funniest Humorists on the Power of Laughter. you’re gonna love it. I’ve never been so excited about a book…....
View ArticleHumming a Violin
Paige is my youngest kid at age four.She was humming and asked me to guess what she was humming. I guessed a few songs. “Sesame Street?” “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?”“No” And she kept humming.“I give...
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Even Google laughs
Did you catch GOOGLE.COM on halloween?Here is a company not afraid to laugh at itself. Humor in the workplace? You betcha.And Google is kickin’ butt… coincidence? Me thinks not.
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Humor and Hurricanes…. your yard
Can you use humor in times of grief and loss? Read on…This in from Tom. He is a lawyer who is blogging about Lousiana and Mississippi and how they are (sometimes) able to laugh and enjoy humor in spite...
View ArticleHumor and loss (Laugh at horror?)
I got a note from a lawyer and a minister who are writing about the hurricanes that hit Lousiana and Mississippi. Turns out that they are as intersted as I am with humor in difficult (or even...
View ArticleHumor Sucks
…. the wind out of the hurricane!Another exerpt from the lawyer and minister who are writing about the hurricanes that hit Louisiana and Mississippi coasts.You Know You Live on the Gulf Coast when…...
View ArticleBaseball has no sense of humor
The latest “Got Milk?” commercial hit a little too close to home for Major League Baseball. Poking fun at the league’s steroid scandal, the television ad for the California Milk Processor Board talks...
View ArticleKids are Geniuses!
My family was with me as we sat in our mini-van (ooh, the sexy life we live!) waiting at a stop light. Next to us was a 55 or so year old couple in a REALLY fancy sports car.My middle kid Ben said,...
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