Rodney's blog

After blogging hundreds of jokes, anecdotes, videos, comedy war stories and funny case studies, I’m posting testimonial excerpts, in five groups:

2012-2016, +1 for 2017
2007-2011
2002-2006
1997-2001 and
1992-1996.

As a freelance comedian, I’m always looking forward to the next performances! And sometimes I forget to sell.

It’s better to let happy customers speak on my behalf.

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.

If you don’t have a sense of humour, you may not have any sense at all. Here are some jokes to share around your real or virtual water cooler: If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food? I’ve haven’t been to work for four days. I’ve almost...

I’m a comiconomenclaturist, a connoisseur of humorous names. Each of my 350+ faux characters has an original nom de theatre, nom de plume, nom de guerre, pseudonym or alias. Many people have inadvertently funny names, or names that at least one of their parents found...

When beginning a comedy performance, a keynote speech or a novel, a great opening line can capture the attention of your audience: “The war in Zagreb began over a pack of cigarettes.” —Girl at War by Sara Nović “Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel...