Carl Hurley

Carl Hurley

Carl Hurley or Carl Hurley, Ed.D. is a former Eastern Kentucky University professor, and nationally-recognized Lexington, Kentucky comedian and lecturer. In his early career, he was often billed as "America's funniest professor." Hurley is a common entertainer for local events, and is often heard several times daily nationwide on XM Radio's Channel 151, Laugh USA, and Sirius Satellite Radio's Channel 103, Blue Collar Comedy. Hurley is the Author of "We Weren't Poor--We Just Didn't Have Any Money," and his entertaiment has also been featured in video format.

Hurley was born in 1941 in a log cabin in the Appalachian foothills of Laurel County, Kentucky. Hurley is famously from East Bernstadt, Kentucky, route one. In early life, he enjoyed family members' richly embellished tales, and the Grand Ole Opry radio comedians Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield. Heading off to Eastern Kentucky University, Hurley worked his way to a M.A. in education in 1966. In 1971 he was awarded a doctorate in education from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Returning to EKU as a professor and coordinator, in 1971 his next career started when he decided to "liven up" a boring school conference. Invitations to speak elsewhere followed, and in 1982, Hurley left EKU to speak and entertain full-time [http://www.mckinneyspeakers.com/speakers/Carl_Hurley] .

Hurley displays a trademark story-telling style considered similar by some to American humorists such as Andy Griffith and Garrison Keillor, combining a down-home yarn-spinning style with public comedy. His early work often displayed an impish giggle throughout his routines, which later vanished.

Video Presentations

* "Kinfolk & Characters"

* "Off the Main Road"

* "Laughing Matters"

* "Back Home"

* "Sunny Side Up"

* "Southern Fried"

* "Lessons in Laughter"

* "Might As Well Laugh"

* "Country Formal"

* "Live at Renfro Valley"

* "Looking for the Humor"

eminar Topics

* "Success Is a Process"

* "Coping With Change"

* "What Sales People Need to Know About Their Customers"

* "Developing Peak Performance"

* "On a Clear Day You Can See Tomorrow"

* "Helping Skills for Managers"

* "Looking for the Humor"

* "Keep on the Funny Side"

External links

* Home page [http://www.carlhurley.com www.carlhurley.com]
* Carl Hurley's Agency Listing for seminars [http://www.mckinneyspeakers.com/speakers/Carl_Hurley]
* Kentucky Educational Television's factsheets [http://www.ket.org/pressroom/2004/49/KCOFF_.html] and [http://www.ket.org/pressroom/2004/49/KCOFF__homepage.html] (with pictures).


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