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Insights on laughter, leadership, and team culture direct from our founder

July 2, 2026

404: Human Not Found

By now we all know someone whose face tightens the moment AI is mentioned. Usually writers. Artists. Creative people. It's a survival reflex. Watching chatbots produce essays, campaigns, images, and even comedy can feel less like innovation and more like a pink slip.

June 25, 2026

It Was Never About the Laughter

We're five years out from the pandemic, but one thing remains clear: the audience for these "wacky" ideas about laughter and connection has grown considerably. At Laughter On Call, we still spend a lot of time preaching the gospel of laughter to the unconverted.

June 18, 2026

Dying Hard: Not the Movie, A Bad Habit

The habit I thought I'd broken...

June 10, 2026

Knowing We Never Have to Ride Alone

I was lucky enough to have back-to-back Vistage speaking gigs on the East Coast last week. And was able to top that off with some quality time with my sons. Even saw a show, met with friends and had matcha at the oh so hip Cha Cha Matcha.

June 4, 2026

My TEDx talk Goes Live June 7: Here's How It Happened

Ten years ago a friend of mine had a birthday party for her husband. Unbeknownst to any of us, it turned out to be a “TED speakers” event in her backyard. TED was a relatively new entity, experts talking concisely and passionately about an idea they cared about. Her husband loved these talks and this was her gift to him, having a handful of these esteemed people show up and dazzle us. Which, frankly, they did.

May 28, 2026

Major Cuts Plunge Morale!

Sounds like a headline from The Onion doesn’t it? Shocking that if you lay off tens of thousands of people in an industry, those left standing might feel…I don’t know…bereft, anxious, paranoid? Fortunately, I just discovered Blind, a site for employees to share all of these feelings and even a little survivor's guilt, anonymously.

May 21, 2026

Memorial Day - More Than a Mattress Sale

My father, Victor Klein, gone 30 years last week, was a veteran of two wars. Growing up, my understanding of this came mostly through stories of his war buddies, how grateful he was to leave his mother’s house and the dogtags he held on to from the Korean War.

May 14, 2026

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month: “Fine” is Never Funny

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I’m not exactly sure who makes these designations in our yearly calendars, because I would definitely campaign for Shared Laughter Month, but I’ll take what I can get!

May 7, 2026

Get Out of the House to Laugh Stat

Last night I had the chance to see Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David live talking about all things “Seinfeld.” Fun to witness the same chemistry between these two comedy legends that created this iconic show. Just as compelling were the five “Seinfeld Trivia Experts”- the producers brought to Los Angeles to stump the two of them on details about episodes they had forgotten. The audience packed with what can only be called “Seinfeldians” hung on every word.

April 30, 2026

Laughing At Yourself Without Selling Yourself Out

Bit of Dani trivia - because apparently I’m referring to myself in the third person now - yesterday I was on the phone with a director and producer working on a documentary about laughter: why it matters, what motivates

April 23, 2026

What Makes You Smile - and Why it Matters

Yes, that’s an iced matcha latte and yes I am SO LA. To be fair, it’s not just any iced green drink, it's topped with a “tahini, butterscotch cold foam,” and was served to me on its own wooden plank.

April 16, 2026

The Comedy Tool that Tears Flesh

Not to be political here, but I’ve been shocked this year and, impossibly, even more shocked last week, by the language and tone of the current leader of the free world. His communication is a study in the negative use o