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Category: Comedy & Humor

Featuring stories and audio/visual clips of Robb’s work.

Screenshot of Robb Lightfoot performing a virtual standup at the 2020 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Tip #1 – Making Stone Soup

Tip #1 – Making Stone Soup

  • Comedy & Humor
  • Humor Handbook Project
  • 2379

There will be days when you just don’t feel a bit funny. There will be long hours when you just don’t feel like writing anything at all. Tough. That’s the one thing I claim to have learned as a daily news reporter. […]

Tagged humor, stone soup, tips, Writing, writing tips
Monumentally Disappointed: Things You Won’t See In DC

Monumentally Disappointed: Things You Won’t See In DC

  • Comedy & Humor
  • On Medium
  • Travel
  • 2935

Since you just found out that you are going to a DC conference in place of your suddenly-ill colleague, here’s how you and your family can make the most of your two-day trip to our nation’s capital. Things most people want to […]

Tagged humor, monuments, satire, tourism, tourists
#Humor – My Domain Name Addiction

#Humor – My Domain Name Addiction

  • Comedy & Humor
  • On Medium
  • 2999

Some people are addicted to booze, others to sex, and then there are those who have risked it all with their bookie on fantasy football or their March-madness pool. I only wish I had one of those addictions. I’m hooked on something not covered […]

Tagged addiction, comedy, domain names, humor, obsession
#HumorHandbook – Getting Started – Robb’s Rule #2

#HumorHandbook – Getting Started – Robb’s Rule #2

  • Comedy & Humor
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  • Notable Quotes
  • Robb's Rules
  • 3033

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ” Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth (1909) I love writing because it is a chance to wrist-wrestle with my dreams. Often, I’ll wake up at 4 am with a bunch of crazy thoughts, […]

Tagged humor, mark twain, note-taking, notes, quotes
Robb Lightfoot, Author-Humorist

Robb Lightfoot, Author-Humorist

  • Comedy & Humor
  • Robb's Books
  • www.ThinkingFunny.com
  • 3257

Robb lives and works in Northern California. His humor has appeared in regional and national publications, including ANewsCafe.com and The Funny Times. He’s appeared on stage in Reno, and as part of the #virtualerma 2020 stand-up night. Robb’s screenplay, “One Little Indian” […]

Tagged comedy, humor, private access, supporter, supporters
News Flash: Mexico Makes Preemptive Strike on Mar-a-Lago (satire)

News Flash: Mexico Makes Preemptive Strike on Mar-a-Lago (satire)

  • Comedy & Humor
  • 2825

In a bold move that anticipated a Trump victory, Mexico fired their secret stash of Chinese “Carrier Killer” missiles at Mar-a-Largo. Mexican Minister of the Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, said the act was necessary because of continual threats posed by the former-and-future […]

Tagged chinese balloon, florida, mar a lago, trump
Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4

Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4

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  • Robb's Rules
  • 3122

“Brevity is the soul of wit.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet Write tight. It’s tempting to stop here, as a hyperbolic statement of the value of brevity. The best humor sneaks up on you. Taking you on a path and then making a sudden […]

Tagged brevity, quote, shakespeare
Positive Pretending – Robb’s Rule #3

Positive Pretending – Robb’s Rule #3

  • Comedy & Humor
  • Humor Handbook Project
  • Notable Quotes
  • Robb's Rules
  • 3076

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night We know that fiction writers create their worlds by pretending to be something they’re not. But the reality is, at […]

Tagged kurt vonnegut, pretending, quote, vonnegut
#HumorHandbook – Be Yourself – Robb’s Rule #1

#HumorHandbook – Be Yourself – Robb’s Rule #1

  • Comedy & Humor
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  • Notable Quotes
  • Robb's Rules
  • 2820

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) This is one of my favorite quotes by an amazing, and often-forgotten writer, Oscar Wilde. I believe many people know a Wilde Quote or two, but don’t know much […]

Tagged humor, oscar wilde, quotes, Robb's Rules
Humor Handbook Project

Humor Handbook Project

  • Comedy & Humor
  • Humor Handbook Project
  • 2818

Welcome to the Humor Handbook Project. This project has been a long-time in the making, and will be sharing tips, techniques, and a tad bit of history and theory in a series of handbooks on comedy-writing and performing in its various forms. […]

Tagged audiences, comedy, humor, performing, stage fright

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Robb Lightfoot, Author-Humorist
Robb Lightfoot, Author-Humorist
SingingFunny.com
SingingFunny.com
Robbz Notes
Robbz Notes
Events-Retreats For Writers
Events-Retreats For Writers
Focus For Success
Focus For Success
Public Art in Vancouver
Newsletters: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Newsletters: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Tip #1 – Making Stone Soup
Tip #1 – Making Stone Soup
But It Worked Yesterday!
But It Worked Yesterday!
Monumentally Disappointed: Things You Won’t See In DC
Monumentally Disappointed: Things You Won’t See In DC
#Humor – My Domain Name Addiction
#Humor – My Domain Name Addiction
#HumorHandbook Project on Medium and Facebook
#HumorHandbook Project on Medium and Facebook
#HumorHandbook – Getting Started – Robb’s Rule #2
#HumorHandbook – Getting Started – Robb’s Rule #2
News Flash: Mexico Makes Preemptive Strike on Mar-a-Lago (satire)
News Flash: Mexico Makes Preemptive Strike on Mar-a-Lago (satire)
Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4
Be Brief – Robb’s Rule #4
Positive Pretending – Robb’s Rule #3
Positive Pretending – Robb’s Rule #3
#HumorHandbook – Be Yourself – Robb’s Rule #1
#HumorHandbook – Be Yourself – Robb’s Rule #1
Humor Handbook Project
Humor Handbook Project
Big-Buck Blogging For The Criminally Insane
Big-Buck Blogging For The Criminally Insane
ThinkingFunny23 #humor & #comedy #writing conference
ThinkingFunny23 #humor & #comedy #writing conference
NaNoWriMo-2022
NaNoWriMo-2022
Kudos to Anne Janzer on Her Marketing Philosophy
Kudos to Anne Janzer on Her Marketing Philosophy
Why I Love Design
Why I Love Design
ThinkingFunny21 – Humor-Comedy Writing Workshop
ThinkingFunny21 – Humor-Comedy Writing Workshop
Give Yourself the Gift of Confident Speaking
Give Yourself the Gift of Confident Speaking
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