Why hire a trade show juggler?
Because the trade show jugglers from Comedy Industries can bring the largest crowds to your booth. At thousands of trade show presentations, they've proven that people learn more when they laugh!

Whether you’re looking for a trade show emcee to gather a crowd so your product managers will have people to present to …

Or you want a full scale, attention grabbing trade show presentation featuring comedy, juggling, magic, and audience participation that will gather the largest crowds on the trade show floor and guarantee that everyone stays, listens, and remembers your messaging …

The experienced trade show professionals at Comedy Industries are the perfect choice.

Scott Meltzer and Katrine Spang-Hanssen have performed at more trade shows than any other jugglers in the world. They’re the only jugglers who focus exclusively on trade shows.

“Our booth was always so packed
because everyone wanted to see
the [trade show] presentations
by Comedy Industries.
They’re really the best.”

• Karen Kelley, Event Coordinator, Verisign.

Looking for the trade show juggler you saw up on a six foot unicycle, juggling knives or escaping from a straitjacket? You found them!

If you’re searching the web, trying to find the trade show presenter you saw escaping from a straitjacket, riding a 6 foot unicycle, while giving one of the most compelling product demos you’d ever seen, that was Scott Meltzer, the trade show juggler from Comedy Industries.

If you’re looking for the woman you saw juggling knives, standing on a man’s shoulders, while making a clear case why you need to choose the right security software to keep your business safe, that was Katrine Spang-Hanssen, the trade show juggler from Comedy Industries.

Comedy Industries’ trade show clients range from startups in 10x10 booths along the back wall to Fortune 100 Gold sponsors. If you’re looking for the juggler you saw at any of these trade shows, that was us!

“Scott and Katrine [are] the best,
and maybe only, real trade show jugglers.”

• Penn Jillette, The Bigger, Louder Half of Penn and Teller

These trade show entertainers really learn your technology so they can more effectively communicate your messages.

The experienced trade show presenters at Comedy Industries will turn your messaging into a high energy, lead generating presentation that brings attendees back to your booth again and again.

But Scott Meltzer and Katrine Spang-Hanssen don’t just deliver your messages. These expert trade show entertainers take the time to learn your products and your technology to make sure attendees not only hear your messages, they believe them.

“People actually think that they are
employees of our company because they’ve
become so well versed in the products.”

• Patty Lamire, Trade Show Manager, EMC

You want trade show presenters who actually know what the words mean? You want Comedy Industries!

Scott Meltzer, head writer and a principle performer for Comedy Industries explains: “We write all our scripts to make sure we fully understand what we’re saying. We learn your technology to make sure we’re not just repeating your messaging. We’re communicating it authentically and convincingly. Our goal is to make the audience believe that we’re employees of your company who just happen to be able to do a few really cool things rather than paid presenters who are simply repeating what we’ve been told.”

“If I didn’t know better, I’d mistake you
for a thought leader in Ethernet HPC.”

• Casey Miles, Systems Engineer, Brocade

Generate more leads with a trade show juggler from Comedy Industries.

To get the most value for your trade show dollar it’s not enough just to have a big crowd attend your presentations. You have to turn that crowd into leads! And the trade show jugglers at Comedy Industries are experts at not just crowd gathering but also lead generation.

“We were expecting about 500 leads
and we got that by 2:00 the first day.
Comedy Industries by far exceeded our expectations.
I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

• Michael Sanie, VP of Marketing & Business Development, Calypto

Get better qualified leads with a trade show juggler from Comedy Industries.

With simple interactive audience questions like:
     “Who here is frustrated by your current billing procedures?” or
     “Who here sells primarily to small and medium sized businesses?” or
     “When was the last time you replaced your laptop?
       Two years ago? Four years ago? Six years ago?!?”
your sales people can instantly see who they should approach first when the presentations ends.

“I’ll make my trade show investment
with Comedy Industries because
they’re going to bring the people to me,
they’re going to qualify the leads for me, and
they’re really going to make that trade show
a successful venture for us.”

• Richard Sherman, Supply Chain Solutions Manager, Microsoft

Comedy Industries specializes in writing and performing full custom scripts for trade shows, sales meetings, and training sessions built from the ground up to communicate their clients’ messaging. Check out some examples in the videos below.

(If any of these Vimeo videos do not play correctly in you browser, they are all also available on Comedy Industries’ YouTube channel.)

Comedy Industries General Promo Video - This video shows excerpts from performances at corporate after dinner shows , theaters, comedy clubs, cruise ships, fairs and festivals featuring comedy, juggling, and a straitjacket escape on a 6 foot unicycle.

Comedy Industries Trade Show Video - with short clips and testimonials from various trade show presentations written and performed for: HP, Renesas, Ditech, Verisign, EMC, NETGEAR, Apache, Siemens, Calypto, Acer, and more.

For extended excerpts from even more trade show presentations check out:

VMware - A quiz show at DAC;
Apache - A game show at DAC;
Siemens - Introducing a new CT scanner at ASTRO;
HP - Juggling knives at SAS trade show;
Acer Labs - Escaping from a straitjacket on a six foot unicycle at COMDEX;
ANSYS - Playing a board game with the audience at DAC;
NETGEAR - A costumed superhero visits his therapist at RadioShack’s annual sales meeting;
Data General - Juggling bean bag chairs and knives on six foot unicycles at COMDEX; and
Outerbay - Juggling a bowling ball on a sales call in a corner office.

“Scott and Katrine have a unique set of skills:
a grasp of technology combined with humor
that’s really unrivaled. … No one else I’ve seen
has that particular combination of strengths.”

• John Dunstan, Event Manager, NETGEAR