by Dot Cannon
(Photo courtesy of Judy Watson Tracy, and used with permission.)
Jill Shargaa is going to make you laugh. She’s also going to make you question something most of us say on a routine basis.
Jill is both a professional comedian, and a graphic designer whose portfolio has included extensive work for Universal Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering.
Her comedy career started in 1979, when she sold one-liners to Joan Rivers–and continued with an appearance on ABC-TV’s “America’s Funniest People”, performances with Rosie O’Donnell and Lily Tomlin, and appearances at comedy clubs throughout the southeast.
Jill, who created the long-running all-female comedy show, “An Evening of Estrogen“, in 1996, also gave a hilarious TED talk, recently, entitled, “The Awe of Awesome”. Earlier this week, she learned that TED had included it in their eight-minute highlight reel, “The Year in Ideas“!
(Photo courtesy of Ryan Lash, and used with permission.)
Jill talked about her background, her comedy show and how she came to create her TED talk. She was–talented, funny and compelling.
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