Ron Dentinger has worked the banquet circuit from coast to coast for
over 25 years. Unlike comedy club comedians, his humor is clean
and less aggressive, which is extremely important to the associations and the corporations that book him.
Ron does a 30 minute routine of "classic style" comedy that
generates hard laughter and is priced right.
While Ron mostly works as banquet entertainment, he is also booked as the opening act for various nationally known entertainers including:
Jo Dee Messina, George Jones, Randy Travis, Neil McCoy, Sawyer Brown, Tanya Tucker, Marty Stuart, Billy Dean,
Brenda Lee, B.J. Thomas,
'Weird Al' Yankovic, Crosby/Stills/Nash, Mary Wilson, Jim 'Gomer' Nabors, Christie Lane, Michael Johnson,
The Everly Brothers, Don Williams, Kenny
Rogers, and The Righteous Brothers.
This short video clip gives a sample of Ron's style and material.
WHAT THE CLIENTS SAY:
"Thank you for the superb job you
did. My 80 year old mother liked you; my 23 year old son liked you. Even the one person
who comes to the convention every year just to complain, liked you! Thanks for helping us
have a successful convention."
*****
"Speaking to a group of public
speakers is tough duty, but you left a lasting impression. In fact, there was only one
negative comment: You rattled off so many jokes that you made it hard to steal your
material. Seriously, you were a pleasure to work with and your program was right on
target."
*****
"Your fine humorous entertainment
was greatly enjoyed by everyone. Not only was it funny, but it was also not offensive in
any way, and we would highly recommend you to any group."
*****
"You wowed the audience. Thank
you so much for giving our Consumer Lending Seminar a very neat, very funny closing
presentation."
*****
"A simple 'THANK YOU' is hardly
sufficient for what you gave all of us Tuesday evening. No doubt about it...you made our
evening, and really tied our conference together. To make a long story short, you were
SUPER! You made me look good."
"A Serious Look At Humor"
Because everyone has to get up
and present in front of a group now and then,
and most people like to use humor when they do, Ron also has a presentation he calls:
"A Serious Look at Humor" which looks at why people laugh, as well as how to use humor when presenting to a group.
The 'Serious Look At Humor' can be added, when it is appropriate. When it is included, it adds from 15 to 20 minutes to the routine.
It is normally appropriate in seminar, rather than banquet, situations.
Quotes From Ron's "Serious Look At Humor"
"There is not only a place for
humor in the work place, I believe there is actually a need for humor in the work
place."
"There is an attitude adjustment
that takes place when you laugh, and attitude largely determines how you'll feel about
things. Look how many people think jogging is fun. Jogging has never been fun. It is our
attitude about jogging that has changed."
"Humor can improve attitudes.
With humor people can very often make a point with out making an enemy. They can disagree,
without being disagreeable. In fact I
seriously recommend that somebody should be planting some whoopee cushions in the Middle
East."
"I believe the world would be a
better place today if we had a little more in three areas. They are: Moderation, Toleration and
Laughter."
Other favorite teacher stories
included in the book come from: Mary Kay Ash, Dave Barry, Baxter Black, Erma Bombeck, Erin Brockovich,
Helen Gurley Brown, George H. W. Bush, Johnny Cash, Mary Higgins Clark, Phyllis Diller, Fannie Flagg, Jeff Foxworthy,
Monty Hall, Laird Hamilton, Mariel Hemingway, Florence Henderson, Dr. J. Marvin Herndon, Lee Iacocca, Shirley Jones,
Garrison Keillor, Dean Koontz, Art Linkletter, Norman Mailer, Ed McMahon, Robert Novak, Joe Paterno, Charlie Pride,
Joan Rivers, Bud Selig, Bart Starr, John Updike, Betty White and Vanna White.
Bio Information. Updated January 2nd, 2010
Ron got into
comedy accidentally by collecting jokes and joke books, which led to a library of
humor related books, videos, DVDs and CDs that beats anything in the country.
In the early years, before going
out onto the banquet circuit, Ron wrote jokes and sold them to some of the country's all-time comedy greats,
including the late Rodney Dangerfield.
Event planners should know that his comedy is clean, yet funny, and is always priced right.
You have seen him quoted in The Reader's Digest
and for over 25 years
you have heard him quoted by the late Paul Harvey, several times a month.
And as fate would have it, on the final broadcast before he died, Paul Harvey quoted Ron one more time.
Ron says, "Eventually I was
being asked to emcee various functions, and before long I was being contacted to be the
program at these functions. This soon interfered with my 'real job' in the hospitality
industry. Then, in 1984/85 I was selected as the Wisconsin winner in the 'Funniest Person
In America' contest. I decided to leave my real job to work the banquet circuit full-time. "
For over 25 years Ron
has been booked from coast to coast, for awards banquets, retirement parties,
and to kick seminars off on a positive
note. He has written two joke books: "HOW TO ARGUE WITH YOUR SPOUSE" & "DOWN
TIME"
Ron was born in Milwaukee, on Valentine's Day, and his first 'real job' was as a police
officer on the Milwaukee Police Department, where he was part of their Underwater Recovery
Team, and delivered 17 babies while on the police ambulance. Ron Dentinger is presently a
member of The American Police Hall of Fame, Celebrity Board of Advisors. He played 11
years of football including: The University of Wisconsin and he was an All
Conference Guard for the Racine Raiders in the Semi-pro Central States Football League.
Ron is also a
founding member of the International Association of Pranksters & Hoaxers.
Ron believes that everyone needs to
have a hobby, and if you don't have a hobby, you should be required to work fifteen hours
a week for someone who does. His hobbies include: Flying, SCUBA Diving, Music, Computers
& Computer MIDI Music, Genealogy, Collecting Humor Books, Amateur Astronomy, and
Magic.
Regarding his grandchildren:
Ron says that most grandparents are totally blind to the faults of their grandchildren, but I'm not.
He says, "I'm sure I'd see their faults...if they had any."
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