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Loni Love (now a television personality) was taking a stand-up comedy class It’s in Chapter 10 of her book, I Tried To Change So You Don’t Have To). Loni’s material drew on her work experience as an engineer working in a cubicle at Xerox. One joke was about why have a “Take Your Kids To Work” day. You go to work, she says, to leave your kids.

That’s a low-key but funny joke. Loni’s coworkers — who worked in cubicles — totally got it.

Claire, the instructor, hated it.

Claire kept telling her students to “find their voice.” Loni pointed out she’d never lost hers.

Studying her favorite comics, Loni realized there are many ways to be funny.

Jerry Seinfeld told jokes about everyday life; Joan Rivers put herself down; Richard Pryor woke people up to the issues. Loni wanted to be a warm friendly comedian who joked about her cubicle life.

Claire: “What the audience wants from you is more personal. More of you speaking from your own experience.”