I’m often asked for examples of comedy hoaxes that I’ve presented. This list is part of an ongoing series of examples of my comic corporate impostor roles. If I show 10 at a time, there will be about 300 posts.
I have a database with more material, including client feedback, occasional audio and video, and associated war stories. The thing with working ‘live’ is that the performance disappears into the ether; all that’s left are the memories.
Here are some topics, clients, and characters:
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Topic: Power, Politics and Democracy – The New Industrial Relations Climate and Affirmative Action
CSR Wood Panels, at a restaurant in Tumut, NSW
The character was Rodney Apparatchik – Acting Principal Private Secretary to the
Commonwealth Minister for Resources.
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Topic: How animals can help us better communicate: meaning, substance, and obloquy in everyday life
ANZ Bank, at a restaurant in Fitzroy, Melbourne
The character was Austin Tillbrooke – Professor of Comparative Anthropology, The University of Queensland
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The Five Qualities of Quality:
- What is Quality?
- How important is it?
- How long has it been around?
- Is it more significant than Excellence? and
- How does it compare to Quantity?
CSR Wood Panels, at another restaurant in Tumut, NSW, for another audience
The character was Rodney Trait, a Total Quality Management Expert
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Demtel – TV Advertising, Ultimo Studio, with Bert Newton.
Demonstrator of A new frying pan with holes in the lid
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Australian Business Monthly at the Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
The character was James T. Kirk – Director, Commission for the Future, Melbourne
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Taking Opera to the Third World
Rotary – Sydney Cove, on a moored boat
The character was Gyles Hunter-King, Opera impresario
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Adult Development and Changes in Buyer Behaviour: a Psychoanalytic Approach
Young Business Network at a restaurant in Newtown, Sydney
The character was Phillip Pitt – Director, Corporate Psychiatry Clinic, Sydney Hospital
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How city plans mirror the sanity or otherwise of city planners
Urban Development Institute of Australia at the Hotel Lord Nelson in Sydney
The character was Bruno Faccetifino – Insure the Future
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MLC (Australian Eagle Insurance)
Adelaide Convention Centre: Hypothetical moderator
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Incorporation – Conflicts in State and Federal Requirements
Australian Society of Association Executives (AuSAE)
Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney
The character was Beau Rocraci – Acting Chairperson of the Quasi-Legal Organisations Task Force
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I’m an Australian comedian, comedy hoax speaker and corporate impostor. I present comic hoax keynotes at business events. If you like these examples of comic corporate hoaxes that I’ve perpetrated, you’ll like my live comedy. If you don’t like these blogs, you still might like my live comedy.
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