Funniest Comic with a Day Job Contest IV
From the fevered and fecund imagination of David Granirer comes this news: The Search for the Funniest Comic With a Day Job Contest starts on Friday, Sept. 22 at the Laughing Bean Coffee Co., 2695 E. Hastings, 2 blocks west of Renfrew. I’m up on October 13th...Paging Lower Mainland comics: contest at New Westminster’s Orange Room
The great Janice Bannister is holding her “So You Think You’re Funny” contest again, starting next week. It’s the second time running for the competition and, as it turns out, the second time in a row that I won’t be able to participate...A great time with Gregor Robertson and friends
I did my longest set yet on Friday night at the Vancouver-Fairview NDP fundraiser – and got the best response of my short stand-up career. It was a great audience (and man, do they love Gregor), a terrific emcee (Nicholas Simons) and one hell of a great ten minutes....Standup for Mental Health: laughter as therapy
Comedy update #3: Most people think you have to be nuts to do stand-up comedy. However, counselor and stand-up comic David Granirer offers it as a form of therapy. In David’s Stand Up For Mental Health course, mental health consumers turn their problems into...Judy Carter, comedy maven, is blogging
Comedy update #2: The inaugural post is up on Standup Comedy Tips from Judy Carter. Her books on standup comedy are the de facto bibles in the field, and I’m hoping she’ll come back to Vancouver sometime soon for one of her legendary workshops.
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
