Many people avoid public speaking with, "Oh I'm not gifted at that. I get stage fright." That’s like saying, “Oh, I tried skating once, but I’m no good at it. I fell down a lot.”

I opened with a joke, but no one laughed.

You need to give a talk, and your co-worker tells you, “It’s easy. Just imagine everybody naked.”

Really?! I can guarantee you that anyone who recommends this has certainly never tried to do it.

I wish I had know how to deal with embarrassment back when I was in junior high school.

You’re giving a presentation, and you tell a funny story and hope the audience laughs at it. Should you laugh yourself to show them that it was a joke?

People tell me, “I can’t believe that you were serious as a child.” But really, I was – serious AND awkward.

“A Jew, a Hindu, and a Christian walk into a bar–” Sound familiar?

Did you know that popcorn was banned in early movie theaters?

Past Olympics have included some truly bizarre sports, including pistol dueling in 1912. Did the Silver and Bronze medals get awarded posthumously?

You are chatting with a co-worker at the water cooler, when he kicks you in the shins.  Then he grins and says, “Just kidding.”  What is your response?

Bamboo is a powerful grass. Yes, like wheat, rye, and corn, bamboo is a type of grass.

What’s funny? What actually makes us laugh?…

When I was about 4 years old, my folks want to go to a Chinese restaurant… I wasn’t trying to be funny.

Have you ever listened to someone use a microphone for the first time? Do you remember the first time you used one?

OMG, scientists have come up with a new approach to reduce the populations of mosquitoes without using pesticides. One of the recent proposals was … wait for it … mosquito birth control!