Humorous videos, articles, TV show episodes, and blogs are being published about life coaching. We are keeping track of them and are listing them in this blog for your enjoyment. Links are provided to the appropriate humorous activities, and we try to keep them current for your viewing pleasure.

If you have produced a humorous piece on any aspect of coaching, OR if you know of something humorous about life coaching please submit it to me at bill@findyourcoach.com I will post it on this blog as soon as I can.
This listing of humorous videos started out as a casual thing, but has become a full time project. I have revamped the blog to give it some sense of order. I have also taken a stab at providing a simple review so you have a sense of what is involved before you click to the links. I recognize that humor comes in many forms and different people think different things are funny. I want to include all types of humorous pieces on coaching for everyone to enjoy.

I have organized it into sections, and have put them in the order of most recently received first, so return viewers can easily see if something new has arrived. When possible, I show the dates the items were posted on my blog, so returning viewers will know what they have seen and not seen.

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Humorous Videos on coaching

The humorous videos are being published at a record pace and they are getting funnier. Here are three that I just discovered. More coming.

Posted 4/29/08
Razowsky & Clifford: Life Coach
Young lady bothers the person sitting in front of her on an airplane as she flys to a life coaching seminar to discover that the person she has been bothering is the dwarf life coach giving the seminar. Well done and funny.

Posted 4/29/08
Seymour Funds PHFrikinD presents his humorous Infomercial called Life Coach 4 Losers where he tries to convince you to discover your inner loser and to buy his book entitled “You Ain’t All That”

Posted 4/29/08
Comedian Andy Kindler shows off his documentary on the Letterman Show where he personally visits 4 life coaches to discuss Andy’s various personal issues and his spontaneous reactions to create more issues. But the last coach gets in the funniest and best line.

Posted late 2007
Coaching Life is a new video pun on life coaching with Brad, Linda, and Lance who describe coaching from their strip mall coaching center in a crass and satirical view of coaching. It is rough at times and funny at times.

Jerry Jackson introduces his 21 day course on life coaching entitled “Be a Damn Man Life Coaching Course” This is a funny, tongue in check take off on an infomercial introduction where he “esplains” how to increase your testosterone levels, (by including curse words in every sentence) how not to be confused as a “wus” by speaking with the right accent (Texan) and how he helped many people become big successes (like George Bush). Posted 12/8/07

Dick Sturgeon Life Coach, Episode Three hits very close to home (His)

Dick Sturgeon, a life coach who operates out of his car in an alley, finally shows some balls by creating “Life Coaching” boundaries by refusing to be drawn into personal and sexual activities with one of his insistent clients. Dick showed considerable restraint by requiring a client to conduct coaching without personal contact at the appropriate time, even though this client was his wife. Posted November 2, 2007

Life Coach Dick Sturgeon is Back! Episode Two!

And better than ever in Dick Sturgeon Life Coach Episode Two Life Coach Dick Sturgeon who operates out of his car parked in some back alley gets a special walk in visitor. The local “family” enforcer shows up to collect protection money. What transpires between the protection collector, coach Dick, and his overbearing secretary is funnier than the first video. They really spoof communications in coaching. The Dick Sturgeon Life Coach series could turn into something special based upon their second video. Posted around July 2007.

“Low Budget Life Coach" This video starts off very funny with a low cost life coach struggling with his garage door to coach his client at an outdoor table. Posted around July 2007.

"Dick Sturgeon Life Coach" Here Dick Sturgeon conducts his coaching in the front seat of a car in an open parking lot with a distracted coach in the front seat and his testy assistant in the back seat. This is the first of a series of humorous life coaching videos by Dick Sturgeon and his very involved assistant. Posted around July 2007.

Life Coaching video that is a slapstick spoof by comedian Dr. Lanny Latham who poses as a Certified Life Coach and promotes “Getting Psyched” as his secret to life. Posted around July 2007.

Humorous TV Programs

Posted July 12, 2008

Life Coaching has gone to the Dogs!

Oprah Winfrey calls famed dog trainer Tamar Geller, "life coach for dogs." Tamar prefers the term "well-mannered" to "obedient" and "coaching" to "training." Geller has helped stars including Oprah Winfrey teach manners to their four-legged family members.

“Geller was featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" as Oprah's personal dog coach, and has provided insight to millions of dog enthusiasts nationwide as resident dog expert on "The Today Show" and Animal Planet's "Who Gets the Dog."”

Geller must be thrilled to be one very special person who is able to get dogs to open up to him and reveal their inner passions and priorities as their life coach. Eddie Murphy played Dr. Doolittle in a movie where he could hear and talk to animals, including dogs. Am I right thinking Geller can hear what dogs think and can also talk to dogs in the same manner? If so, I would love to see a video of him coaching a dog. The repartee would have to be priceless.

The Simpson’s poke fun at life coaches!

The premiere episode, “He Loves To Fly And He D’ohs,” which aired on Sunday, Sept. 23 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) included Homer hiring his own life coach (get this, portrayed by non other that Stephen Colbert). After Homer saves Mr. Burns from drowning in a mall fountain, Burns thanks him by taking him on a whirlwind trip to Chicago on his private plane. Homer is smitten with the luxury jet and all the perks that come with it, including flying with song legend Richie, who serenades him with a customized version of “Say You, Say Me.” After returning home, Homer makes it his mission to find a job that offers him the chance to fly on a corporate jet, and he enlists a life coach, guest star Colbert, to help fulfill this dream.

His life coach discovers that Homer brightens up to become his natural fun loving confident self only when he bowls, versus being a downtrodden Homer otherwise. To help Homer realize his potential by being his natural confident enjoyable self in Homer’s quest to land a great job, his life coach gets Homer to always wear his red bowling shoes. And it works. Homer converts a successful and impressive Homer when he wears his red bowling shoes, even in bed. Posted September 24, 2007

The Daily Show made fun of life coaching

As a reminder, The Daily Show did an entire piece on life coaching which I described in a previous blog, you can read at: http://findyourcoach.blogharbor.com/blog/CoachingintheNews/_archives/2006/3/29/1839173.html

The Daily Show featuring Demetri Martin in his Trendspotting series, did produce a very humorous and insightful rendition of the life coaching industry, and they hit upon some humorous nerves. I hope the link to their video is still working. I believe the link is: http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/media_player/play.jhtml?itemId=60592 It is worth watching. Enjoy! Posted around August 2007

Humorous Blogs and Websites on coaching

8/3/08

Dream new venture for Sleep Coach Nick Littlehales of Manchester England announces his new venture as a sleep coach to help English football (soccer) teams succeed by getting more sleep and using his 40 sleep-related products. Next thing to follw will have to be a dream coach. Any takers?


(4/5/08) Let a donkey be your life coach Julia McKinnell reports how professor Andy Merrifield moved from New York City to "somewhere totally antithetical to [New York]," moving into a farmhouse in France's Auvergne region, an area known for its sought-after green lentils from Le Puy. Intending to slow down the pace of his life, he borrowed a friend's donkey and set out on foot through the countryside of southern France. Gribouille, his donkey and new life coach, provided many "pregnant moments of great meditation," he says. I classify this as humor, but I am not sure if the author was really serious or not.

(2/15/08) A new website has appeared that appears to be devoted to poking fun at the coaching industry.

The International Coaching Confederation claims to "put the CON in Confederation" It pokes fun at many of the coaching industry's weak points, like the many for profit coaching schools that will take anyone who pays, and the ways many coaches exploit their fellow coaches. I have seen the site several times and it keeps growing with additional funny sections every time. The motto of this site is: "If it moves, one of our members is coaching it"

The Russians have joined in on producing humorous articles on life coaching.

The eXile, a satirical English blog out of Russia produced a tongue in cheek advertisement entitled “The Exile Seeks a Life Coach Intern” The listed life coach responsibilities are funny, and they encourage e-mail responses. Note the jelly donut challenge. Posted around August 2007. Unfortunately, the link to this site appears to no longer work. Did the Russian KGB take it down? Here is the link that did work for several months: http://www.exile.ru/2007-August-14/life-coach.html

Talk like a life coach day!

National Talk Like a Life Coach Day, sponsored by Talk Like a Life Coach Foundation has been declared as August 2nd. Derek Sorensen announced this important milestone in his blog entitled: “Are You Ready for August 2nd?” Read about how to speak like a life coach and how to participate in his “Adopt a Life Coach” programme. (Even though he spells program funny) His tongue in cheek blog is really funny and I feel did it did not get the attention it deserved. Maybe Derek will consider sponsoring another National Talk Like a Life Coach Day later in the year so more of us can join in on the fun. Posted around August 2007

(3/21/08) The latest coach trend: A SWING COACH The International Coaching Confederation (ICC) reports on what to expect from you own "Swing coach" complete with picture. Enjoy!

I am proud to know that life coaching has reached a point where people take the time and effort to poke fun at coaching. These videos have some humorous scenes, but I do not feel they are worthy of great awards. But of course humor is always in the eyes of the beholder, and you might think they are fine examples of hilarity. Then your opinion trumps mine. Yet, I commend the people who created these videos and I encourage them and others to keep trying, because there are many humorous aspects of the entire coaching industry, which are ripe for someone to expose.

Please alert TCC of any humorous videos, blogs, or articles on life coaching.

If you as a reader know of any other life coaching videos, or humorous blogs or articles, please send them to me at bill@findyourcoach.com. I will gladly publish them. Everyone enjoys and deserves a good laugh