Laffirmations: 1,001 Ways to Add Humor to Your Life and Work Joel Goodman
Joel believes that "Seven days without laughter make one weak." With this in mind, he delivers 366 days of ideas (more than 1,001) to jump-start your sense of humor. Each day of the year includes a thought-provoking quote, a question, along with a practical, action-inviting humor tip designed to help you get more smileage out of your life and work. This portable, handy book also includes special guest appearances from the affable/laffable cartoon character, Ziggy®. The rich collection of quotes comes from the wit and wisdom of Bill Cosby, Lily Tomlin, Jerry Seinfeld, Carol Burnett, Charlie Chaplin, etc. The questions are designed to help you discover where humor already exists in your life and where you need to add a dash. The humor tips are drawn from the 2,000,000+ participants in Dr. Goodman's programs, and will help increase your Humor Quotient both in your personal life and on the job. With this timely and timeless book, you will be grinning from year to year. Pat Paulsen: "If elected President of the United States, one of my first acts would be to appoint Joel Goodman as Secretary of Humor. But until that time, I would highly recommend that you buy this book!" Steve Allen: "I applaud Joel Goodman's pioneering work on the positive power of humor. Laffirmations will give you- or someone you care about- the gift of humor." Autographed copies available on request.
392 pages CC-08-01 -- US$8.95
Becoming a Humor Being Steve Rizzo
Steve's closing keynote on "Becoming a Humor Being" at our 2004 conference garnered rave reviews. This 58-minute national PBS special will invite a standing ovation as well! Steve is a very very funny guy... and someone who really really cares. He believes that "everyone has a humor being. Your humor being is of your higher self- it's the part that brings out the best in you when times get really tough." Here's a chance to meet and greet the humor being within you. This educational and entertaining video will show you how to pump up your laughter muscles, laugh off fears that squelch your spirit, and view challenges from the Humor Perspective. Steve's friend Drew Carey introduces him and offers his insights at several points in this video, which is sure to leave you laughing and inspired to embrace your Humor Being. (See next item for DVD version.)
CC-08-02 -- US$20.00
Becoming a Humor Being Steve Rizzo
CC-08-03 -- US$20.00
Smile on a StickTM
"If you see someone without a smile, give 'em one of yours." Now you can do it! You can (literally) give customer-service-with-a-smile. This is also the ideal gift for the boss, a sick friend, the office grouch, your spouse. Use it as a party favor, include it in correspondence, place it in floral arrangements, use it as a greeting card or as a business card. Give one to each participant in a meeting, class or seminar. Hand it out to strangers. Use it in the car, office, school, on special occasions or anytime just for fun! Join in a fun-omenon that is sweeping the nation- let's put a smile on everyone's face! For years, this has been our most popular Tool & Toy... and you keep coming back for more! Please specify quantity for light, dark or tan skin tone, Clown, Grump, Santa, or Romance on a Stick on Order Form... (See next item for sets of 60.)
CC-08-04 -- Set of 6 -- US$10.95
Smile on a StickTM
CC-08-05 -- Set of 60 (Save $10) -- US$99.50
The Best of Funniest Moments of Comedy Reader's Digest
This specially-priced DVD 3-pack is filled with more than 5 hours of classic comedy--a veritable who's who of show business legends and contemporary superstars from stage, screen, radio, and television. This laugh-packed collection of classic scenes, beloved routines, hilarious bloopers, and rarely-seen performances (many available for the first time on DVD) features Lucille Ball, Abbott and Costello, the Marx Brothers, Carol Burnett, Bob Hope, Steve Allen, Victor Borge, Lily Tomlin, Bill Cosby, Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, and many more.
CC-08-06 -- US$29.95
LAUGHING MATTERS Magazine Sampler Set Edited by Joel Goodman
Laughing matters... it really does! You can add years to your life and life to your years by ordering the timeless back issues of LAUGHING MATTERS magazine. Thousands of people in all 50 states and 20 other countries have applauded this practical and invigorating publication-e.g., Norman Cousins: "Enthusiastic congratulations on LAUGHING MATTERS!" Dr. Laurence Peter (creator of The Peter Principle): "LAUGHING MATTERS is clearly the best periodical on the subject of humor and its uses. If you want more humor in your life, LAUGHING MATTERS is for you." (See next item for Collector's Set of 30 back issues.)
CC-08-07 -- The LAUGHING MATTERS Sampler: A Sampling of 4 Issues (our choice) -- US$10.00
LAUGHING MATTERS Magazine Collector's Set Edited by Joel Goodman
CC-08-08 -- The LAUGHING MATTERS Collector's Set of 30 Back Issues at Special Price. (Save $15) -- US$60.00
Lightening Your Load: Achieving Balance and Overcoming Overload in Your Work and Personal Life Dr. Robert Brooks
Are you overworked and underplayed? Do you want to move from "stressed-out" to "stress-hardy?" Here's a chance for you to spend an hour Sailing the C's of Stress Hardiness and Resilience: Commitment (what brings satisfaction and meaning to your life and work), Challenge (reframing obstacles into opportunities), and Control (focusing on what we have control over). Taped at our 2004 humor conference, Bob helps you to discover the mindset of resilient people as he shares stories, skills, and smiles for bouncing back and lifting spirits. Through research-based tips, engaging exercises, and practical strategies, you'll gain insights on how to take on and tickle the challenges in life.
CC-09-01 -- US$24.95
Ho-Ho-Holistic Medicine: Live It Up and Laugh for the Health of It Dale Anderson, M.D.
Drawing from the emerging research in psychoneuroimmunology and using "acting" as a metaphor, this innovative and very lively 72-minute presentation from our 2005 humor conference invites you to unlock your cellular pharmacy and produce the neuropeptides that promote well-being and bolster the immune system. Learn the secrets successful performers use to trigger a healing chemistry, as well as the prescription for adding laughter to your life to turn on the body's "inner uppers." This video will help you catch and spread a positively infectious HAPPYdemic from a physician with over 45 years experience in healing and spreading joy.
CC-09-02 -- US$24.95
After the Half-Time Show: Lessons and Laughter on Living the Second Half of Our Lives Sandy Queen
So, you (or someone you love) have made it through the first half of life. One day you get up and look in the mirror and realize that your body has headed south without you... and is never coming north again! Or you may still feel that you can do anything... if only you knew what that was! Is it all doom and gloom? Of course not! Filmed at our 2003 conference, Sandy will take you on a one-hour tour with zest, vigor, and humor of such topics as: the sandwich generation; adult stages of life; the power of healthy aging; ways to replenish your spirit as you avoid puddles and survive hot splashes; fostering playfulness as you age; and dirty lies about growing old.
CC-09-03 -- US$24.95
Making the World a Better Place: Commit Random Acts of Comedy and Create Inverse Paranoids Michael Pritchard
Wear your wet suit-- you will be moved to tears of laughter as you are touched by Michael's hilarious and heartwarming humor! In this video filmed at The HUMOR Project's conference, Michael deals with serious subjects and challenges that young people and adults face today. Drawing from his incredible stories of working with people "at risk," Michael will inspire you to promote positive, life-affirming and laughter-inviting perspectives. You are in for a funtabulous experience with the first recipient of the Humor and Altruism Award presented by The HUMOR Project. Michael is one of the funniest and most caring people on the planet... after seeing this one-hour video, you will join the audience at our conference in giving Michael a standing ovation!
CC-09-04 -- US$24.95
Choices, Changes, and Chuckles: Keeping the Faith and Keeping Your Sense of Humor Sr. Anne Bryan Smollin
Anne also received a prolonged standing ovation after her keynote at The HUMOR Project's annual international conference. In her rapid-fire style, Anne will provide you with hilarious anecdotes, touching stories, and sure-fire ideas on: how to balance life tensions with spurts of humor; how to take on challenges by rolling with the punches (without getting steamrolled in the process); and the vital importance of perception, risk-taking, and connecting with supportive people. We know you will love connecting with Sr. Anne in this 56-minute video!
CC-09-05 -- US$24.95
How to Bring Out the Best in People... Even at Their Worst: Dealing with Difficult People Rick Kirschner
Difficult people can make your life stressful and unpleasant... but only if you let them! With wit, wisdom, and lots of energy, Rick provides proven techniques you can use right away to stop whining, attacking, procrastinating, sabotaging, and all the other behaviors that drive you up the wall. Filmed at The HUMOR Project's conference, this lively one-hour session will provide you with power points on: why difficult people act the way they do; how to make yourself less of a target for negative behavior; 4 keys to solving people problems; take-charge skills that turn conflict into cooperation; and win-win strategies for handling the most-unwanted difficult behaviors on or off the job. You'll learn how to increase your flexibility and response-ability by using Aikido, Attitude Adjustments, and Pygmalion Power. This video will bring out the best in you!
CC-09-06 -- US$24.95
Why Is Everyone So Cranky?: Life Is Not a Duress Rehearsal Leslie Charles
Do you ever feel overwhelmed, overworked, overspent, and under appreciated? Are you challenged by runaway change? Have you collided with road rage? Are you sandwiched between generations? Is time poverty robbing the richness from your life? If you said "yes" to any of these questions, welcome to this session for some answers! You'll find a warm, witty, and wise approach for managing the ten stressful trends affecting you by learning how to master the fine art of wait-lifting and how to tame the terrible too's (too much to do, too little time). In this 70-minute video taped at our 2005 conference, Leslie provides solid ideas wrapped in a light-hearted, appealing package-- humorous insights, memorable stories, and do-able, real-life solutions to help you relax, reflect, reconnect, rebalance, and revitalize yourself.
CC-09-07 -- US$24.95
Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful: Women, Men, Laughter, and Connection Regina Barreca
Gina's hilarious keynote speech at our international conference generated incredible laughter and a prolonged standing ovation! You are in for a thought-provoking, LOL (laugh-out-loud) hour! As Gina reveals, humor is more than a tool for survival- at its best, it becomes an act of redemption. Humor allows us to redeem moments that might otherwise have been lost to pain, despair, fear, loneliness or loss. Laughter is the most human of activities... it's one of the few things people do that animals do not (the other activities that animals do not perform include applying artificial fingernails and singing out loud to Aretha Franklin's Respect on the car radio).
CC-09-08 -- US$24.95
Conference DVD Specials
Save $24.95! Buy any three conference DVD's (CC-09-01 through CC-09-08), get one more DVD (CC-09-01 through CC-09-08) for free!
NEW     CC-09-09 -- US$74.85
Lightening Your Load: Achieving Balance and Overcoming Overload in Your Work and Personal Life Dr. Robert Brooks
Are you overworked and underplayed? Do you want to move from "stressed-out" to "stress-hardy?" Here's a chance for you to spend an hour Sailing the C's of Stress Hardiness and Resilience: Commitment (what brings satisfaction and meaning to your life and work), Challenge (reframing obstacles into opportunities), and Control (focusing on what we have control over). Taped at our 2004 humor conference, Bob helps you to discover the mindset of resilient people as he shares stories, skills, and smiles for bouncing back and lifting spirits. Through research-based tips, engaging exercises, and practical strategies, you'll gain insights on how to take on and tickle the challenges in life.
CC-10-01 -- US$24.95
Ho-Ho-Holistic Medicine: Live It Up and Laugh for the Health of It Dale Anderson, M.D.
Drawing from the emerging research in psychoneuroimmunology and using "acting" as a metaphor, this innovative and very lively 72-minute presentation from our 2005 humor conference invites you to unlock your cellular pharmacy and produce the neuropeptides that promote well-being and bolster the immune system. Learn the secrets successful performers use to trigger a healing chemistry, as well as the prescription for adding laughter to your life to turn on the body's "inner uppers." This video will help you catch and spread a positively infectious HAPPYdemic from a physician with over 45 years experience in healing and spreading joy.
CC-10-02 -- US$24.95
Making the World a Better Place: Commit Random Acts of Comedy and Create Inverse Paranoids Michael Pritchard
Wear your wet suit-- you will be moved to tears of laughter as you are touched by Michael's hilarious and heartwarming humor! In this video filmed at The HUMOR Project's conference, Michael deals with serious subjects and challenges that young people and adults face today. Drawing from his incredible stories of working with people "at risk," Michael will inspire you to promote positive, life-affirming and laughter-inviting perspectives. You are in for a funtabulous experience with the first recipient of the Humor and Altruism Award presented by The HUMOR Project. Michael is one of the funniest and most caring people on the planet... after seeing this one-hour video, you will join the audience at our conference in giving Michael a standing ovation!
CC-10-04 -- US$24.95
How to Bring Out the Best in People... Even at Their Worst: Dealing with Difficult People Rick Kirschner
Difficult people can make your life stressful and unpleasant... but only if you let them! With wit, wisdom, and lots of energy, Rick provides proven techniques you can use right away to stop whining, attacking, procrastinating, sabotaging, and all the other behaviors that drive you up the wall. Filmed at The HUMOR Project's conference, this lively one-hour session will provide you with power points on: why difficult people act the way they do; how to make yourself less of a target for negative behavior; 4 keys to solving people problems; take-charge skills that turn conflict into cooperation; and win-win strategies for handling the most-unwanted difficult behaviors on or off the job. You'll learn how to increase your flexibility and response-ability by using Aikido, Attitude Adjustments, and Pygmalion Power. This video will bring out the best in you!
CC-10-06 -- US$24.95
Why Is Everyone So Cranky?: Life Is Not a Duress Rehearsal Leslie Charles
Do you ever feel overwhelmed, overworked, overspent, and under appreciated? Are you challenged by runaway change? Have you collided with road rage? Are you sandwiched between generations? Is time poverty robbing the richness from your life? If you said "yes" to any of these questions, welcome to this session for some answers! You'll find a warm, witty, and wise approach for managing the ten stressful trends affecting you by learning how to master the fine art of wait-lifting and how to tame the terrible too's (too much to do, too little time). In this 70-minute video taped at our 2005 conference, Leslie provides solid ideas wrapped in a light-hearted, appealing package-- humorous insights, memorable stories, and do-able, real-life solutions to help you relax, reflect, reconnect, rebalance, and revitalize yourself.
CC-10-07 -- US$24.95
Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful: Women, Men, Laughter, and Connection Regina Barreca
Gina's hilarious keynote speech at our international conference generated incredible laughter and a prolonged standing ovation! You are in for a thought-provoking, LOL (laugh-out-loud) hour! As Gina reveals, humor is more than a tool for survival- at its best, it becomes an act of redemption. Humor allows us to redeem moments that might otherwise have been lost to pain, despair, fear, loneliness or loss. Laughter is the most human of activities... it's one of the few things people do that animals do not (the other activities that animals do not perform include applying artificial fingernails and singing out loud to Aretha Franklin's Respect on the car radio).
CC-10-08 -- US$24.95
To Life!: Living a Life of Laughter, Passion, and Purpose Hedy Schleifer
Filmed at our 2004 international humor conference, Hedy's 45-minute keynote will inspire you with her remarkable story and insights about how to keep the faith, keep perspective, and keep on going, growing, and glowing. You'll be moved by how she transformed her breast cancer into a transcendent, life-giving experience... and you'll be empowered to embrace your own life and work with joy and passion... especially in the face of challenges or life-threatening experiences. Hedy offers a truly stirring view of how to revitalize yourself and say "YES!" to life and laughter every day.
CC-10-10 -- US$24.95
Close to Ho-Ho-Home: Up Close and Personal Cartoonist John McPherson
John's syndicated Close to Home cartoon has a loyal and enthusiastic following of millions of readers in 700 newspapers throughout the U.S. and abroad. Filmed at The HUMOR Project's conference, this one-hour video is an opportunity for you to enter the mind and heart of a creative comic genius. You'll learn how John thinks up all those ideas day after day, get a taste for dozens of his delightful cartoons, and even discover the behind-the-scenes life of a cartoonist. As he will do at the 2004 conference (see page 15), John's brilliant and quirky cartoons show us the idiosyncrasies and inconsistencies that make us human and make us laugh.
CC-10-11 -- US$24.95
Cool Funnings: Discovering That There Is More Than One Way to Cross the Finish Line! Devon Harris
Join Devon Harris, former Captain of the Jamaican Bobsled Team, as he shares his humorous and captivating behind-the-scenes tale of personal triumph over adversity as well as profound insights on the five key principles to success in life. While the Cool Runnings movie captured the heart and soul of a team that didn't know the meaning of the word "impossible", the personal story of Devon Harris is a testament of one man's refusal to accept the limitations placed on him. In this 52-minute video filmed at our 2003 conference, you're in for a real treat as Devon inspires you to dream your dreams... and, better yet, to live your dreams!
CC-10-12 -- US$24.95
Clown Noses
This item is nothing to sneeze at! Pick your (clown) nose when you need to lighten up. Wear it when you're stuck in a traffic jam. Hand out a bunch to co-workers for your next serious meeting. Give them as a gift to participants in your seminars or classes. Send one to a friend who needs a pick-me-up. As Groucho Marx once said, "A clown works as well as aspirin- only twice as fast."
CC-10-13 -- Set of 12 foam noses -- US$8.95