Growing evidence confirms suspicions that laughter is not only fun, but good for us!  WebMD reports that laughter and moderate exercise share a host of healthful effects. According to Dr. Lee Berk's research, appetite hormones behave the same way after a good giggle as they do after a few workout reps. In science-speak: leptin goes down and grehlin goes up. Berk's volunteers watched stressful videos and hilarious videos (in no particular order) while their hormones were monitored. The results show comedy may be good for more than a chuckle.

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I'd like to share a bit of my experience with standup comedy.  Having done standup for a dozen years, I've watched a lot of people try to make it work and fail.  And I have a secret for you.  It's the number one reason why people succeed in standup.  In anything.  You won't believe it.  You're going to say that it's too simple.  That there's got to be some other magic ingredient… talent, or charisma…  but the truth is that the number one ingredient to success in comedy is PERSISTENCE with the INTENTION TO SUCCEED.  If you don't persist with absolute determination, you will have a very difficult time getting past the challenges that come up, and they are numerous.  

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Ann Randolph is a briliant and inspiring solo performer, comic actor, writer, and teacher in the theater world.  I first saw her show Squeezebox at The Marsh a couple of years ago and last year saw her new show, Loveland this last year. Her work is honest, imaginative, and quirky, with liberal doses of subversiveness and whimsy.  I've been working on a new book about solo performance and comedy and Ann was at the top of my list of people to interview.

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Just wrote about comic actor and solo performer Ann Randolph for my other blog–check this awesome interview I did with her!