Carol Leifer, Rick Mitchell

Gebundenes Buch

How to Write a Funny Speech . . .

For a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn't Want to Go to in the First Place

Beschreibung

Learn how to write and give a flawlessly funny speech for any occasion with Emmy-winning comedy writers Carol Leifer and Rick Mitchell. With a foreword by Carol Burnett.

Autor

Carol Leifer is an Emmy, Golden Globe, Writers Guild Award, and Producers Guild Award winner for her work on Hacks. She has written for such shows as Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, SNL, Modern Family, The Larry Sanders Show , and eleven Academy Awards shows (most recently for host Conan O’Brien, 2025). As a stand‐up, Carol has appeared on The Tonight Show, HBO, Showtime, and Comedy Central and made twenty-five appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. Her two previous books are When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying. Carol is a popular speaker on the corporate/nonprofit circuit, delivering speeches for over one hundred organizations. Rick Mitchell is a five-time Emmy-winning writer/producer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He also spent years as a writer/producer for TMZ on TV, where he made daily appearances hurling out jokes from the back of the room. As a stand-up, Rick has appeared on Fox’s Laughs and performed at many comedy clubs across the country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chronicle Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9781797232232
• ISBN-10: 1797232231
• Artikelnr.: 71244794