This is sooooo important especially in today’s day and age when people are offended by the least little things. It is vital that you make sure that the
performer’s material is absolutely family friendly entertainment or trouble brews for you on the horizon.
True Story:
I recently did a stage show for a Fortune 500 company who had also hired a comedian. The comedian was hilarious and the audience loved him but then he let a few very minor swear words slip out. In fact, I didn’t even catch them… but the wife of one of the company’s big-wig dealers did. She
stormed out of the show and dragged her husband with her.
The executive shot an extremely upset look at the poor event planner. The event planner came up to me and said, “Oh great, now I have to spend tomorrow smoothing all this out. That’s just what I need.”
He had asked the comedian if his material was clean without politics and the comedian told him that it was. It wasn’t.
Bottom line: You need to not only ask whether the performer’s material is
clean, you have to insist and emphasize that it MUST be clean. If possible, get some type of proof, in the form of a testimonial letter or videos that the material is clean. (This is why I include a testimonial letter and videos from for that exact reason!)