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Why Humor is an Idea Worth Spreading

By drew tarvin / June 13, 2019

Two years ago today, my TEDx talk on the skill of humor was uploaded to the TEDx YouTube Channel. To say it has changed my life is both an exaggeration and an understatement. It’s an exaggeration because regardless of how it was received, I would have continued on my mission to make the world funnier […]

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The Skill of Humor TEDx Talk

By drew tarvin / June 13, 2017

Today is the day: my TEDx talk is finally available to the general public. The talk, titled the “Skill of Humor,” is about how humor is something that we can (and should) learn. You can check out the video below, along with the script. I hope you enjoy it. Update 01/2018: The talk is now […]

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The Sentence that Changed Everything

By drew tarvin / November 22, 2010

The day started like any other day of my sophomore year at The Ohio State University. I woke up at 10am after hitting the snooze button 2 or 300 times, went to my engineering classes after eating a champion’s breakfast of S’mores Pop Tarts and Dr. Pepper, and then went to study for my major […]

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Topical History Humor

By drew tarvin / June 7, 2009

I wanted to try to be like some of those topical comedians that make jokes about current events and stuff.  Unfortunately I couldn’t find any newspapers, but I did find my old high school history book.  So here goes some topical humor: You hear about this Van Gogh guy?  He cut off part of his […]

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Excerpt from Humor eBook

By drew tarvin / May 31, 2009

Below is an excerpt from the eBook I wrote for the Humor That Works site, available soon by signing up for the HTW Newsletter. Excerpt: A Personal Story When I first started performing improv and stand-up years ago, I never knew it would turn into such a huge passion of mine. In fact, it’s rather […]

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THoughts on Handwritign

By drew tarvin / November 8, 2007

I had to write a hand-written note the other day, and it reminded me of how much it really sucks when you can’t use the delete ckey to fix all of your mistakes/  So i nthe …. So to give a shout out back to the days of yore, I’ve dcecided that I’m not going […]

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