Carol Leifer Teaches Us 'How to Write a Funny Speech'

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Emmy award winning Comedian Carol Leifer has sat through countless bad speeches. Fed up, she set out to create the ultimate guide to speech writing with co-author Rick Mitchell. It’s called “How to Write a Funny Speech for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation, and Every Other Event You Didn’t Want to Go to in the First Place.” Leifer offers thoughtful writing tips honed during her time working on television shows like “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and “Hacks.” She joins us. Guests: Carol Leifer, comedian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.4	Nothing can kill a mood like a speech that's meant to be funny, but is dead on arrival.
1:08.5	The jokes are flat, it went too long,
1:11.0	and the best man decided to tell that story
1:13.6	about the Bachelor Party weekend.
1:15.8	If the thought of giving a speech at a wedding,
1:18.1	graduation, bar mitzvah, or any special event,
1:21.0	has you breaking out in hives, we have help.
1:24.1	Emmy Award-winning comedian and writer,
1:25.8	Carol Leifer, has a new book aptly titled, How to
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