A follow-up to an earlier episode on 'How to be Funny', our theme here is the practical use of humour in conversational situations. We look at where the comedy can be found in everyday life and how to weave this into our interactions with others. We consider the 5 M's as potential sources of material:

Misalignments (7.22)
Misdirection (9.25)
Mismatches (10.22)
Misunderstandings (11.38)
Misfortunes (12.43)

There are examples of each and check out the various comedic references via links below:

The power of improvisation
How to be funny
Jennifer Aaker
Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk
Brene Brown's TED talk
Sugata Mitra's TED talk
Fenton the Dog
The Norwegian commercial (scraping off the ice)
Airplane ("And don't call me Shirley")
Two Ronnies Four Candles
Two Scotsmen stuck in a lift
The BBC interview (kids in the background)
Bill Bryson 'Notes from a Big Country'

We also feature a guest podcast - Power to Speak by Jackie Goddard.

Show is hosted by Andrew Thorp, AKA 'The Multi-Story Man'.
Andrew is a professional speaker, trainer and consultant in the field of verbal communication and storytelling in the business world.

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