Some very valuable postings...

Listening to your audience and volunteers "during" your performance is also a great way to bring your entertainment abilities and audience impact to a higher level, which will reuslt in higher paid gigs (ie. the more effective and expereinced an entertainer is, the more value he/she brings to his audience/client --both real and perceived).

Jonathan

Jlevey,

Of..course that's what I meant.
Please, excuse the typo...
Edd! Funny man!

Seriously though, Edd, dress up to corporate standard or beyond and have confidence that you belong there. If they could do your job they wouldn't hire you!
I also send out a questionnaire to corporate clients that fills me in on their business, the people attending, any special guests or vips, etc. Then I tweak the act or the jokes accordingly.

I don't give a rats patootie what audience you are in front of, if you don't listen to them, you are soon not going to be in front of them.

The best jokes I have EVER used came from the audience. I now use them in my shows regularly.

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...fine --but be sure to pay your audiences handsomely in royaltie!

..."royalies", I meant to say...

"...fine --but be sure to pay your audiences handsomely in royalties!"

My apologies for the many typos in my previous posts... wish I could make them disappear with a "poof!"

...However, I guess I will just have to "proof" instead of "poof".