Emmy Award-winning comedian and East Williston native Carol Leifer cut her comedy teeth on Long Island. With her new book, "How to Write a Funny Speech … for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every ...

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Everyone knows what a bad speech sounds like. But very few know how to write good a one — and even fewer have what it takes to write a truly funny speech. Veteran comedy writer Carol Leifer happens to ...

Former students of a long-time Syracuse University chemistry professor will gather Thursday evening to remember him by performing a lecture he used to do at the end of his chemistry course. Benjamin P ...

Leifer will also discuss her career in comedy and television. Tickets are available on 92NY's website. How to Write a Funny Speech (co-written by Rick Mitchell), is the ultimate how-to guide of ...

A frumpy teenage girl chugs a wine cooler and blogs about her innermost desires every Friday night. It’s her personal multimedia diary, and she is quite shocked to learn that anyone has the chutzpah ...

Comedian and Emmy-winning writer Carol Leifer shares tips from her new book "How to Write a Funny Speech," including keeping it under five minutes, and the importance of talking about your feelings.

Carol Leifer, the prolific sixty-eight-year-old comedian and television writer (“S.N.L.,” “Seinfeld,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Hacks,” etc.), has many skills. One, perhaps unsurprisingly, is ...

At the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in London Tuesday, Amy Schumer gave a speech that was the essence of Schumer: raunchy, self-effacing and empowering. The insanely funny, NSFW speech—given as ...