A Fun Little Video for You Folks!

Once in a while we all need a fun, frivolous, light diversion from all the words and all the serious information that's assaulting our brain nearly non-stop. You probably already know that Funny Biz Speech Writers custom writes the best personalized speeches and roasts for birthdays, weddings, corporate events and other functions, but that doesn't mean you won't enjoy this little cute little piece of eye and ear candy. Enjoy!

Video: What Are The Nuts & Bolts of Comedy Speech Writing?

This video is very helpful to understanding some of the nuts and bolts fine points of comedic speech writing. When it comes to funny presentations, speeches, roasts and other humorous documents to be presented, this short talk by Funny Biz Speech Writers head writer Adam Gropman should prove most informative....

Extraordinarily Extreme Wedding Speech (Video)

Hi! If you have to give a Best Man, Maid of Honor or any other type of wedding speech, first of all, chances are you're thinking about making it a FUNNY wedding speech. That's the way to go, believe me. You can always add the sweet, sentimental, poignant bits to a funny, entertaining wedding speech. But you can't really salvage an over dramatic, maudlin, bluntly sentimental speech with a few gags at the end. It doesn't work that way. It's better to be funny, and be funny often and with precision and power! 

You want your funny wedding speech to stand out and be remembered, raise a few eyebrows, and perhaps take a few fun risks for the sake of humor and entertainment. That being said, you probably don't want your funny wedding speech remembered and talked about for being unique and different in THIS way. Watch and enjoy this very short clip from the funny Kevin Hart movie Wedding Ringers. Enjoy watching people squirm at this guy's awkward funny failure and then feel awesome knowing that for your next event- birthday, wedding, anniversary, bar mitzvah, business gathering, sales meeting, etc- you will hire a very affordable and extraordinarily sharp and funny writer to make you look truly EXTRAORDINARY after giving your funny speech. Not extraordinarily cringe-worthy and weird, just EXTRAORDINARILY GREAT!!

   

A Fun Article by Funny Biz Head Writer Adam Gropman

Hi, Folks!

Thought you might enjoy this fun, humor-filled article I wrote for the LA Weekly about the strangest, most oddly named cities and towns around Greater Los Angeles. Maybe your town- or a nearby place- has a really weird name? Feel free to share it and let us know! Just as I love to write about strange, unintentionally humorous phenomena all around me, I also love to custom write funny roast speeches for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and for business events. Anyway, enjoy this story!

http://www.laweekly.com/news/how-6-socal-places-got-their-really-weird-names-4175088

New Intro Video for Funny Biz Speech Writers

Hey, folks! This is the new intro video for Funny Biz Speech Writers. It offers a brief explanation of our funny speech and roast writing services, for private events like birthdays, weddings and anniversaries, and work events like corporate sales division meetings and sales recognition awards. It's also kinda fun to watch. So, enjoy!

Check in with Funny Biz Writers head writer Adam Gropman

Hi! This is Funny Biz Writers head writer Adam Gropman, doing a video check in with you guys, to tell you about some recent clients, and how much we love writing funny material and jokes for them and then hearing back how much their friends, family and associates loved the speech and had a great time! This segment is about a wedding roast speech, and a couple of birthday roast speeches. Enjoy!

Negotiating Traffic In Los Angeles

I live in Los Angeles, and like to go out and do things. As such I am forced to spend large quantities of time on roads and freeways that are often jammed with cars. You see, Los Angeles was basically built as this semi-tropical, utopian fantasyland many decades ago, possibly the first huge city designed as much or more around modern cars, as it was around subways, trolleys, walking or horse-drawn vehicles. LA's system of freeways, augmented by large boulevards and a grid of pleasant streets, allowed easy driving access in a metropolitan area where you'd thinking nothing of driving 20 minutes to visit a friend, dine at a restaurant or go to a job.

But then something not so weird happened- the population grew... and grew... and grew. People moved here from all other parts of the US... and Europe... and other continents. Perhaps even Atlantis, Narnia and Mars. They came for the warm weather and palm trees, the beach lifestyle, the Hollywood glamour; for aerospace jobs, possible entertainment success, or just to escape from their normal, mundane home and reinvent themselves in the bottom left corner of this giant nation. And then all these people multiplied, having enough kids that, when factored in with all the incoming new arrivals, meant that housing was no longer dirt cheap and it could take longer to drive 15 miles across town than it does to fly from Burbank Airport to San Francisco, over 400 miles and a cultural and climactic world away.

Here's the thing about driving through clogged roadways and freeways in LA- you've got to embrace it, accept it, make it your friend. If not, the level of rancor and bitter hatred coursing through your veins will certainly lead to disturbing physiological effects like acid reflux, insomnia and a semi-successful standup comedy career.

I like to play fun games with myself when sitting on a freeway, doing perhaps 5 to 25 miles an hour for a 10 mile stretch. While the games can be internal to your own mind, not involving your surroundings- like alphabetizing all of your friends, recalling all the times you were late to work and got yelled at, or mentally cataloging the times you dined at a restaurant that cost more than $25 per person (sadly few), that's a waste of an intensely vibrant, dynamic and colorful environment-- the middle of an LA traffic jam. 

One game I don't really like to play but my subconscious mind forces on me is "Who's Got a Gun?" You guessed it, it involves looking into other cars and trying to guess who might have a loaded handgun- or rifle if it's a larger vehicle- at the ready. After making the initial guess as to who might have a deadly weapon within arm's reach, you then guess "How likely / quickly would they be to use it?" Are they more of an absolute-last-ditch, gun doesn't come out unless it's a carjacking or aerial attack by North Korean paratroopers, or are they more of an impetuous, jumpy, pull out the Glock over a sideways look in traffic types? This game ends when A.) you get bored, B.) you get to your destination or C.) somebody pulls and waves a gun at you.

Another fun game is called "What Are They Listening To?" The adjacent folks in traffic- are they listening to rap, jazz, Country Western, oldies, classical, talk or sports? You can try to guess based on their bodily rhythms and head movements, but it's often tough. Unless they have those gargantuan 808 bass speakers and are cranking hip hop. Then it's easy to know, because your own car and body are vibrating violently enough to loosen a tooth filling and scramble your brain.      

The final game I recommend while stuck in LA traffic is "Are They Flirting With Me?" Car-to-car flirting can take many forms and styles. And, by the way, yes married people or those in serious relationships are still allowed to play this game. What happens on the horrible freeway stays on the horrible freeway! Did the person in the next lane give you an extra long glance when you let them in? Did they turn to stare at you then turn away immediately when you looked back? Did they seemingly ignore you completely, or appear to not register your existence at all, staring straight ahead? All three of these scenarios likely equal that they are madly in love- obsessed really- and it's time to get out of there and take an exit. It might feel thrilling but you don't need that kind of psychotic drama and romantic complications in your life. The only thing you should be falling in love with right now is driving in LA.