𝐒𝐍𝐋/𝐒𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐃 writer 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐈𝐅𝐄𝐑. ELLEN DEGENERES producer 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋/𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐚 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐂𝐇

Emmy Award winning comedy writers and performers 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 (writer for Saturday Night Live, Hacks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, and...10 Academy Awards shows!) and 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 (writer and producer for Ellen Degeneres and TMZ) are the co-authors of 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡...𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒗𝒂𝒉, 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 & 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑶𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆

The foreword is written by 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭...so just imagine how funny this book is.

They teach you how to write and give a flawlessly funny speech for any occasion so you can look awesome, make some people laugh, and get it over with. They have the best tips and tricks up their sleeves like advice for making tasteful jokes that charm your audience and flatter the socks off your honoree.

We discuss:

-How did the two of them get to know each other and collaborate
-How hard is it to break in as a comedy writer?
-How did the idea for this book originate and how did they arrive at the long and unique book title?
-How many iterations of a comedy sketch do you typically go through before they feel they have reached the holy grail for that skit.
-Carol's favorite comedy skits she is most proud of?
-Do they have any stage fright or jitters and how do they handle it and advise the rest of to?
-Did they ever struggle in the business?
-How long should a speech be and what are some of the signs that someone’s special occasion speech is just too darn long?
-What you should never do in your special occasion speech
-The #1 mistake people make right out of the gate at a special event speech and how should a great speech start
-A writing trick you can do when you first start writing a speech but are not really in a gung ho mood to write
-What should the meat of the speech consist of? (stories)
-What are some of the reasons you should feel good after the speech?

#snl #saturdaynight #seinfeld