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Tag Archives: Frank Skinner
Swearing in Speeches
When I was writing my first toastmasters speech a key part of the story revolved around someone swearing at me. I was certain a verbatim quote would cause offense so I adjusted the phrase to “Turn your effing music off!”. This sounded stilted and my mentor thought it was still too strong. After, literally, hours [...]
Posted in Speaking Also tagged comedy, Michael Richards, standup, Steven Pinker, Toastmasters 1 Comment
Blood, sweat and jokes
A few nights ago I went along to The London Open Mic Comedy Night to support my friend and aspiring standup comedian Tom Elliott. He did very well and I was very impressed with high standard of everyone who performed. Standup comedy is a very pure form of public speaking. No safety net of a set [...]
Writing for stand up part 2: Having funny ideas