The weird year of SNL, writing on Seinfeld and Curb, and The Beatles with Carol Leifer. Learn how to give a flawlessly funny speech with Emmy-winning comedy writers Carol Leifer and Rick Mitchell. Find Carol's book here: https://bio.to/howtowriteafunnyspeech To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Folks.
I like that word. Folks. That's what a lot of politicians say. They go, they go for the folks at home.
Yeah, that's true. You know what?
They don't say, you can't say men or women. They say for the folks at home.
It's a good word for Obama. Folks are hurting. Folks, folks aren't sure how to pay the bill. That's what folks are doing. Folks are feeling the pinch. Folks are feeling the pain. Folks, it's definitely a lot of politicians use it. It's kind of a homey thing. But folks, we have a super guest today on super, super fly on the wall. Carol Leifer is with us, who's a mainstream of comedy host.
From 1981 or two, she was on David Letterman, and she's worked as a stand-up. And also, David, her writing career.
Huge writing career. Seinfeld. From Seinfeld to Hacks presently, where they're winning Emmys over. Hacks is always doing well. Yeah.
Good friends with Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, and she has some interesting takes on their relationship. Teaser alert.
She has a book out, Dana, it's called How to Write a Funny Speech for a Wedding, a Bar Mitzvah, or Birthday, or any other...
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