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
Published on 13. March 2025
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-7972-3223-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Giving a speech about someone is hard. Giving a funny speech that people are actually going to pay attention to is even harder. In 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, Leifer and Mitchell will teach you how to write the perfect speech so you can look awesome, make some people laugh, and get it over with.
Quick and easy to use, this book is broken into short chapters full of priceless tips and advice. Leifer and Mitchell will walk you through how to:
Properly write, phrase, and deliver your speech so you not only flatter your subject but also keep the rest of the audience interested (and maybe you'll even get a standing ovation, but we can't guarantee that-that would be cool, though, right?).
Nail down how to get started so people actually pay attention to you (in a good way).
Figure out how to deliver and perfect comedic nuances with a crash course in what you should and shouldn't say so you don't scare the compression socks off grandma.
Hear from these seasoned comedy writers as they dish out public speaking advice that will make you look like you totally do this all the time. Take a closer look at a handful of successful real-life speeches from real-life people, annotated for a better understanding of why other people were better than you so you can be better than them. Enjoy bonus content like Carmela's retirement toast to Tony Soprano and Homer Simpson's speech at Bart's graduation. And if, in the end, you still have no idea what to say about your niece at her Bat Mitzvah, there's a handy fill-in speech template at the back so you can spend more time figuring out what you're going to wear.
Happy writing!Perfect for:
Anybody who needs to write a speech celebrating a friend, family member, or couple
Best men and maids/matrons of honor for weddings or vow renewals
Family and friends of graduates, retirees, or honorees
Bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah celebrants
Giving a speech about someone is hard. Giving a funny speech that people are actually going to pay attention to is even harder. In 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, Leifer and Mitchell will teach you how to write the perfect speech so you can look awesome, make some people laugh, and get it over with.
Quick and easy to use, this book is broken into short chapters full of priceless tips and advice. Leifer and Mitchell will walk you through how to:
Properly write, phrase, and deliver your speech so you not only flatter your subject but also keep the rest of the audience interested (and maybe you'll even get a standing ovation, but we can't guarantee that-that would be cool, though, right?).
Nail down how to get started so people actually pay attention to you (in a good way).
Figure out how to deliver and perfect comedic nuances with a crash course in what you should and shouldn't say so you don't scare the compression socks off grandma.
Hear from these seasoned comedy writers as they dish out public speaking advice that will make you look like you totally do this all the time. Take a closer look at a handful of successful real-life speeches from real-life people, annotated for a better understanding of why other people were better than you so you can be better than them. Enjoy bonus content like Carmela's retirement toast to Tony Soprano and Homer Simpson's speech at Bart's graduation. And if, in the end, you still have no idea what to say about your niece at her Bat Mitzvah, there's a handy fill-in speech template at the back so you can spend more time figuring out what you're going to wear.
Happy writing!Perfect for:
Anybody who needs to write a speech celebrating a friend, family member, or couple
Best men and maids/matrons of honor for weddings or vow renewals
Family and friends of graduates, retirees, or honorees
Bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah celebrants
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7972-3223-2 (9781797232232)
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Carol Leifer is an Emmy-Award winner who has written for such shows as Hacks, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show, and ten Academy Awards. As a stand-up, Carol has appeared on The Tonight Show, HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, and has made twenty-five appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. Her two previous books are When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win 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. If you would like personal help with a speech, reach out through her website, carolleifer.com.
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 also made daily appearances hurling out jokes from the back of the room. As a stand-up, Rick has appeared on Fox's Laughs and has performed at many comedy clubs, including The Improv, Punchline San Francisco, and The Ice House. His two previous books are The Great Gatsby and 1984. He didn't write those . . . he just read them. If you would like personal help with a speech, reach out through his website, rickmitchell.com.
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 also made daily appearances hurling out jokes from the back of the room. As a stand-up, Rick has appeared on Fox's Laughs and has performed at many comedy clubs, including The Improv, Punchline San Francisco, and The Ice House. His two previous books are The Great Gatsby and 1984. He didn't write those . . . he just read them. If you would like personal help with a speech, reach out through his website, rickmitchell.com.