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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jeannie Rapstad makes people laugh. And she's so good at it, she got an award. Imagine the jokes she's writing about that. Rapstad, a professional stand-up comedienne from Hammond, recently earned ...

Doug Hoffman, a member of the Moline-based Easy Speakers Toastmasters Club, won the Toastmaster Humorous Speech Contest in the area and division contests. Mr. Hoffman won the Toastmaster's Division B ...