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About Dick
For the past 17 years on WISH-TV’s Daybreak, Dick Wolfsie has lent his unique brand of wit and humor to the screen. His video essays and reports are unique to Indiana television. Many are syndicated nationally.
Wolfsie’s work in the media has netted him more than two dozen awards including a regional Emmy for best host, a national ACE award and a Casper Award while host and producer of AM Indiana.
He has hosted local talk shows in New York, Chicago, Boston and Columbus, Ohio. Dick also served as a regular host for a series of multimedia cable talk shows originating in New York and broadcast throughout the U.S. and Canada. More >>
See Dick Speak, Hear Jane Laugh
Not just Jane, but anyone who has ever heard one of Dick’s humor presentations over the past 20 years. Learn why we laugh and how humor changes our lives. It’s the perfect after dinner (breakfast or lunch) speech. Caution: Speeches during dinner result in food sprayed all over the place. You can’t swallow and laugh at the same time. Contact Dick about speaking at your next event >>
Speech Topics
1. What Is This? Some Kind of a Joke?
Yes, but what kind? Dick gives an informative and funny presentation that answers that question. So, why do we laugh? How can humor improve our lives, help us in the workplace, and encourage us to be more involved in our community? Dick’s 40 years as a teacher, TV personality and humor columnist makes this an entertaining and inspirational talk for all audiences.
2. The Making of a Canine Superstar
For 13 years (1992–2005) Dick Wolfsie was a fixture on morning TV, accompanied by his faithful companion, Barney the Beagle. With classic video and photos, Dick relives those days and tells how a stray pup on his front doorstep boosted his career and brightened the lives of so many in Central Indiana.
3. A Look at Indiana’s Curiosities
With 30 years’ experience reporting and writing, Dick takes you on a 92-county tour of Indiana’s roadside oddities and unique personalities, based on his bestselling book Indiana Curiosities. See the biggest ball of paint, the world’s only fire extinguisher museum and a jet-propelled outhouse. Want a few more? How about a life-size stagecoach made of a million toothpicks or a contraption that launches a frozen pumpkin more than a mile? Not impressed? See topic options 1 and 2.
See Barney on WISHTV
Dick is presently a weekly humor columnist for 25 central Indiana newspapers. He has written eight books, including “Mornings with Barney: The True Story of an Extraordinary Beagle“, “Barney, The Stray Beagle Who Became A TV Star”; “Wolfsie in Sheep’s Clothing”; “Dog Dilemmas and Cat Conundrums” (written with dog behavior expert Dr. Gary Sampson); and “Indiana Curiosities, the 300 most off-the-wall people and places in Indiana” which is a revision of his 2001 best-seller.
