The Funny Thing About That
Andrew TarvinWeekly insights on humor as a professional skill. Research, strategies, and stories from a Humor Engineer with 16M+ TEDx views.
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Ready-to-Apply Humor, issue three
It’s the last Friday of the month, which means it’s time for another round of Ready to Apply Humor that you can use right away. (It’s also the day before Halloween, which means I’m prepping my “papa of Rapunzel” costume to go along with my...
Too smart for the room?
A few weeks ago, I shared some of the unwritten rules of using humor at work. Of the ten I shared, the one that got the most eyebrow raises was number 5, “A joke that doesn’t land is never the audience’s fault.”
It’s also the one an IT lea...
I took spot #3 at an open mic in Mexico City
Whenever I travel, I try to do stand-up wherever I land.
Partly because an open mic can tell you a lot about a place (hot spots, annoyances, how people really feel about their politicians), and partly because it’s a chance to workshop mat...
My Dry Bar comedy special is finally free, and the comments are in
In February 2024, I recorded a comedy special with Dry Bar Comedy… and then I spent the next two years and eight months waiting for people to be able to watch it.
It came out in November 2024 on Dry Bar’s app, behind a paywall and yet anot...
The unwritten rules of humor at work
I was recently delivering a keynote to a group of IT managers, and afterward one of the leaders in the room came up to me with a question. “What do you do when the audience is too dumb for your humor?”
I asked what he meant (hoping he didn...
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