Episode 17 - Beth Sherman: Comedian & Emmy-winning Hollywood comedy writer

Beth Sherman is a speaker, comedian, and Emmy-winning Hollywood comedy writer.

As a comedian, she has performed at clubs and universities across the United States, and on behalf of the US Army’s Department of Morale, Welfare and Recreation, at combat outposts and forward operating bases in Iraq.

As a television writer, she has written for the biggest shows in American comedy, including Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Ellen.

As a writer for the Academy Awards (the Oscars,) and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she has regularly written jokes and presenter copy for the world’s biggest celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Helen Mirren, and Queen Latifah.

She is the winner of seven Emmy awards for writing and producing television comedy, and has multiple nominations for Writers’ Guild Awards.

In 2017, she founded Authentically Funny Speeches, a comedy ghostwriting service for personal and professional speeches (TED Talks, keynotes, wedding speeches, eulogies) for non-show business professionals. She continues to work on retainer as a comedy consultant for an elite list of C-level executives.

Beth is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.)

Beth's 3 mindset messages: 

1. You have to clear the path to the laugh.

2. Truth is funny

3. Unless everyone is laughing, it's not funny.

The Food:

Beth loves food, so she was open to anything. She did say she never had Lithuanian food, and she would love to try it. That of course made me very happy!

 I decided to make "Zemaiciu blynai". Essentially, it is potatoes and flour pancakes with meat inside. They are very comforting, and Beth absolutely loved them!

More details on the website: www.mindsetkitchen.co.uk