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CREATIVE COMEDY WITH JOSH HARRIS [225]
School Of Laughs - October 01, 2020 17:15 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsLearn how to generate creative comedy with Josh Harris. Josh is a talented, creative stand-up comedian. He expresses his vision through music, video, and sketch comedy. Josh provides a great example of how stand-up can evolve off-stage. His high energy performances are more like a one-man show i...
SWORD SWALLOWER DAN MEYER [224]
School Of Laughs - September 15, 2020 02:22 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsSword Swallower Dan Meyer grew up as a scared, shy, skinny, wimpy kid who was teased and beat up by the bullies. He convinced himself that someday he would perform superhuman feats, DO the IMPOSSIBLE, and change the world. And he did! Today Dan mixes danger, laughter, and swords to defy death ...
OVERCOMING STAGE FRIGHT [223]
School Of Laughs - September 01, 2020 03:07 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsOVERCOMING STAGE FRIGHT Today we make a call all the way to Scotland to talk about overcoming stage fright. Elissa Di Napoli is the best-selling author of “Dare to Be Seen” from Stage Fright to Stage Presence. She helps performing artists command the stage and magnify their presence. By doing ...
CREATING A TV SHOW with JIM HOPE [222]
School Of Laughs - August 15, 2020 20:16 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsCREATING A TV SHOW with JIM HOPE Today we are talking about creating a TV show with my friend Jim Hope. He's a whiz who writes, performs, and produces comedy. I first met Jim when I performed on the Henry Cho Show on Great American Country (GAC Cable TV). He was a co-writer and producer and I ...
STORYTELLING TIPS WITH DAVE BRICKER [221]
School Of Laughs - August 01, 2020 18:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsI am extremely excited to share with you some storytelling tips for speakers with Dave Bricker. Dave is an experienced speaker, trainer, and coach. Even more cool is he is a sailor! In fact, he combines his love of sailing with storytelling and is able to help people tell remarkable stories—th...
COLLEGE COMEDY WITH ERIC O'SHEA [EP 220]
School Of Laughs - July 15, 2020 03:47 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsOn this episode we are talking college comedy with Eric O'Shea. Colleges have entertainment budgets and seek out comedians, bands and other performers to fill their schedule. Could you fill your schedule with college work? Eric breaks down what you need in terms of material, personality, flexi...
CHRIS WINELAND - THE GREAT HECKLE [219]
School Of Laughs - July 01, 2020 18:37 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsToday I talk with Chris Wineland, the author of “The Great Heckle.” Chris popped on my radar when her performed on the Huckabee show in Nashville. He’s a busy guy. He has written for Emmy Nominated “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Pursuing his love of late night comedy, Chris co-created the acc...
MESSING WITH MOODY MOLAVI [EP.218]
School Of Laughs - June 15, 2020 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsMOODY MOLAVI joins us today to talk comedy. Specifically we talk about: MOODY MOLAVI SHOW NOTES Getting started in Chattanooga Crashing cars and motorcycles Learning about trigger words in a joke Using his background for stage material His desire to perform for the military Doing his Dry...
CHANGE YOUR STORY with DAN LeFAVE [EP. 217]
School Of Laughs - June 01, 2020 03:50 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsOn today’s podcast I talk with Dan LeFave. Dan is a business success coach for experienced and motivated entrepreneurs at the "Shortcut To Success". Dan’s specialty is empowering six and seven figure business owners to shift from being overwhelmed & disorganized to in control & systematized. ...
HOW COVID-19 AFFECTS COMEDY AROUND THE WORLD [216]
School Of Laughs - May 15, 2020 02:10 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsSince the COVID-19 virus popped on the scene live entertainment has taken a major blow. Who can crowd surf with ten people spread six feet apart anyway? Comedy has taken the punch and has had difficulty delivering the punchline back. Entertainers in every country are affected. But are they all a...
Maryellen Hooper Dignity Under Duress [215]
School Of Laughs - May 01, 2020 01:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsMARYELLEN HOOPER joins us today on the School of Laughs podcast. A veteran in the world of stand-up, Maryellen Hooper’s comedy has taken her from clubs and colleges to theaters and television. She’s appeared on many late night talk shows including several appearances on “The Tonight Show” with...
TIPS ON SPEAKING WITH (CSP) STEVE LOWELL [214]
School Of Laughs - April 15, 2020 01:14 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsLearn tips on speaking from Steve Lowell (CSP). Steve is the past National President, Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS). Steve is incredibly gifted at helping identify their “expert insights.” These are the things or then thing that makes a speaker different from all the other...
EASYGOING AARON WEBER [EP. 213]
School Of Laughs - April 01, 2020 14:57 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsAaron Weber is a standup comic born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. After graduating from Notre Dame in 2014, he moved to Nashville and started doing standup. Since then, he’s become a regular at Zanies Comedy Club and has performed all over the country. In 2018, he competed in the Laughing S...
COVID, COMEDY & CONTRACTS [EP. 212]
School Of Laughs - March 15, 2020 21:31 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsToday’s episode is in response to the extreme number of cancellations of events due to the COVID-19 Corona Virus Outbreak. We will approach it from three angles. First, let’s take a brief moment and acknowledge how lucky we are to be performers in the first place. Second, let’s remember the ...
VICTORIA JACKSON HANDSTANDS TO HOLLYWOOD [EP. 211]
School Of Laughs - March 01, 2020 00:28 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsVictoria Jackson joins us today on the School of Laugh Podcast. Victoria Jackson may be best known for her 6-yr stint on Saturday Night Live. She was a regular cast member on SNL from 1986-1992. But even before that she was making people laugh. She became a TV star without her family even owning...
DOC KENNEDY - FREE TO LAUGH [EP. 210]
School Of Laughs - February 15, 2020 01:05 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsDoc Kennedy is a stand-up comedian and podcast producer based out of Nashville. Winner of the 2019 Lea Ciastko Spirit of Comedy Award, Doc is also the host of Free to Laugh: Comedy vs Political Correctness. Originally from Montana and spending years near Seattle, Doc’s unique take on life br...
DAVE CHAPPELLE MARK TWAIN PRIZE [EP. 209]
School Of Laughs - February 01, 2020 01:06 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsIn this episode Doc Kennedy and I talk about Dave Chappelle receiving the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center. We break down Dave's speech and what we comedians can take from it. Watch the 8 minute speech here! DAVE CHAPPELLE MARK TWAIN AWARD SHOW NOTES What the venue was like. How st...
JEREMY NUNES – DON’T FORGET THE MAKE UP [EP. 208]
School Of Laughs - January 15, 2020 16:54 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsJeremy Nunes has appeared in The Break-Up, Last Comic Standing, two PBS mini-series, Comcast on Demand, a National Geographic Special and heard on ESPN Radio. Jeremy's clean and witty comedy show has been in demand for 18 years, mainly because of his clever observations, unique storytelling sty...
COMEDY GOALS TRACKER [EP. 207]
School Of Laughs - January 01, 2020 04:42 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsIt is time for the 2020 Stand-Up Comedy Goals TRACKER episode. This show is a nerdy, comprehensive deep dive into measurable comedy goals for sand-up comedians. Fame and fortune are payoffs, but not necessarily great goals. And, goals in and of themselves won't make you funnier than anyone else....
BE A WEALTHY SPEAKER OR COMEDIAN: JANE ATKINSON [EP. 206]
School Of Laughs - December 15, 2019 19:44 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsJane Atkinson is founder of The Wealthy Speaker School, which provides online courses, group coaching and live events for all levels of speakers, helping people look at speaking as a business. Jane has over 30 years experience in the speaking business, has authored four books and is host of The...
BOMBING, BALANCING and BEYOND [EP. 205]
School Of Laughs - December 02, 2019 01:33 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsToday is an “after school special” where I talk with a handful of students and tackle the biggest questions on their minds! QUESTIONS & TOPICS INCLUDE What do you do when you bomb? Finding comedians to hang with. It's just an experiment every single time. Expect there to be silence. B...
ERIC THOMPSON - LIVE STOCK, LAUGHS and LINGERIE [EP. 204]
School Of Laughs - November 15, 2019 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsEric Thompson has been delighting and entertaining audiences since the early 1980’s with his unique style of comedy, magic, and illusions. Eric is an accomplished comedic magician, a veteran of hundreds of venues including comedy clubs, theaters, college campuses and corporate events. Outside h...
BRAD MONTGOMERY - CHANGING THE TEMPERATURE [EP. 203]
School Of Laughs - November 01, 2019 00:52 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsBrad Montgomery teaches people how to use happiness to boost productivity, creativity, innovation & profits. He turns typical meetings into transformational events using the power of happiness. Oh, and he’s pretty funny. Brad has transformed audiences in all 50 states and on four continents. His...
RIC WALKER - A COLLEGE DEGREE IN COMEDY? [EP. 202]
School Of Laughs - October 14, 2019 21:53 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsRic Walker is a performer, teacher, writer and director. As an actor he has appeared in numerous plays, independent films and television. He has worked as a corporate spokesman for companies such as Eli Lilly, Computer Associates and Oracle. He has improvised with and been a member of comedy tro...
TOMMY DRAKE - 400 SHOWS A YEAR
School Of Laughs - October 01, 2019 15:56 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsStarting his career in San Francisco, Tommy Drake had his first paid gig in 1990 and hasn't looked back! Tommy has performed 400 shows a year over the last 25 years! TOMMY DRAKE SHOW NOTES The $100 million gig Why killing every night doesn’t teach you anything Trying something new eve...
SCHOOL OF LAUGHS PODCAST LESSONS LEARNED [EP. 200]
School Of Laughs - September 15, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsWelcome to the 200th episode of the School of Laughs podcast! What an amazing journey this had been. Two hundred? Yes indeed. We made it. So what have we learned two hundred episodes in? A lot. And in this episode we cover … Former School Of Laughs Student Success Comedy That Heals, Hel...
AGENCY INSIGHTS - LARRY WEAVER [EP. 199]
School Of Laughs - September 01, 2019 12:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsLive from the Clean Comedy Challenge in Nashville, TN, Rik sits down with Larry Weaver. Larry is a stand-up comedian as well as a professional speaker and emcee. He is also owner/CEO of Trusted Speakers, an entertainment agency based in North Carolina. LARRY WEAVER SHOW NOTES As usual, we ...
GRACE KLEIN - TAKING CHANCES [EP. 198]
School Of Laughs - August 15, 2019 04:44 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsGrace Klein wanted to be a comedian from the very first time she got her family to laugh when she was a kid. It only took her a couple more decades to bring it to the stage, but once she started, she couldn’t stop. She brings her own spin to subjects like being single in your 30’s, not understan...
THOM SINGER - KEYNOTE SPEAKER [EP. 197]
School Of Laughs - August 01, 2019 00:57 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsHaving worked as a keynote speaker and professional Master of Ceremonies nearly ten years, Thom Singer has become an advocate for creating strong experiences for conference attendees. Thom has authored twelve books on the power of business relationships, sales, networking, presentation skills ...
MAX WINFREY - STUNT COMEDIAN [EP. 196]
School Of Laughs - July 15, 2019 05:01 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsMax Winfrey - a Stunt Comedian - has toured all over the U.S. and Canada. Max has performed for many Fortune 500 Companies. He has made numerous appearances on national television. Max was also a semi finalist on NBC's America's Got Talent. He recently appeared at my "second job" the Huckabee ...
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