Speaker

Marshall Chiles started stand-up comedy in 1999.  After 10 years of being a stand-up comedian and club owner, in 2009 he opened the world famous comedy club called The Laughing Skull Lounge. In 2010, Marshall started The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival which is considered by the industry to be the number one discovery comedy festival in North America.

Marshall has also written three books. His first book is called ‘Your Presentation is a Joke: Using Humor to Maximize Impact’ and is currently in use as a textbook at the University of Alabama.

His second book is a children’s board book called ‘Cool Kids Share.’ He came up with the concept when his son was four years old playing on a playground. This one kid did not want to share and Marshall’s wife said, “It’s ok that the kid does not want to share.” Marshall said, “No, not really. That kid is being a jerk. Only cool kids share.” And then BAM, 10 years later he wrote the book. 

His third book is children’s book for adults called ‘My Colonoscopy & Me: A Love Story.’ He wrote the first version of this book as a poem while sitting in the waiting room of his first colonoscopy. You know, like you do.

As you can see, Marshall is building a comedy empire to pass down to his children so they can eventually run it into the ground.