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ANTICS and SEMANTICS is Dan Bennett’s
unique brand of comedy that is decidedly appropriate for
the professional audience. It combines skilled manipulation
of sports equipment and everyday objects with original wit,
energy and enthusiasm. His Corporate presentation is a “Tour
de Force” of extreme “Edutainment” that
offers everything from hysterical history to physics made
funny. And this can be customized for your organization’s
needs or just offered as pure entertainment for your group.
What happens when a hilarious professor of
mathematics performs a lecture with object lessons and world
class juggling? You get nonstop laughter, “infotainment”
and amazement. Right from the start Dan engages the audience
with fast paced standup comedy and mesmerizing physical
feats. The result is a highly entertaining and educational
treat.
Making the common uncommon is one of Mr.
Bennett’s signature routines. Using racquets and a
can of tennis balls, Dan performs a brilliant original piece
with the comedic backdrop of psychology. “Legislative
physics” is another unforgettable topic by the funny
instructor: basketballs spinning on each hand while doing
a backward summersault, or one atop the other with the vernacular
of quantum mechanics. “Soft landings for weighty matters”
is the title theme for the corporate event and involves
Newtonian physics, market corrections and a bowling ball
being caught on the face!! Economics and the invention of
baseball, evolution of soccer balls to volleyballs, and
creative problem solving with Frisbees are just a few more
themes covered by this distinctive presentation.
ANTICS and SEMANTICS:” SOFT LANDINGS
FOR WEIGHTY MATTERS” is the answer for your corporate
event. It is the merger of comedy, education and company
team building. Dan Bennett is a mathemagician of the first
order, a language and prop manipulatist of professorial
proportions and world record legerdemainiac with a name
you can swear by.
Dan's Bio
Dan Bennett learned to juggle in 1970 when he was eight
years old. It was in college however that he discovered
his propensity for comedy. While earning his bachelor’s
degree in mathematics, Dan worked as a teaching assistant
in the math lab. His love for teaching soon spilled over
into tutoring with comedy. Eventually Mr. Bennett was holding
workshops in calculus and mixing mathematics with humor.
While lecturing about ballistics he devised the object lesson
now so central to his performances: catching a bowling ball
with his face. There was no turning back once he discovered
how fun it was to entertain with math, physics and economics.
Intellectual joke telling evolved into scientific bravado
which in turn utilized the visual aids of juggling, balancing
and prop manipulation. A show was born.
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After earning a Master’s degree in mathematics from
UCLA, Dan began headlining on the major cruise lines and
in comedy clubs. Appearing on the tonight show with Jay
Lenno, Arsenio Hall and other talk shows set Mr. Bennett
on a course that has never turned back. He has been featured
in some 30 commercials with corporations such as:
McDonald's
Coca Cola
Nabisco
Nu Skin
Southwest Airlines
Circle K
Quaker Oats
Pier One Imports
Big Planet
Baker's Square
Dan Bennett has four gold medals from the international
juggler’s association and is in the 1990 Guinness
Book of World records for numbers juggling. These skills
are indispensable in his performances as a science and math
variety comedian. He has been the keynote “comediantic”
at several mathematics conferences. His facility with sports
equipment was highlighted by the Wilson Sports Corporation
where Dan entertained as a comedy product design engineer.
This led to some very interesting special advertising videos
with the company. His trademark counting with Roman numerals
has been used in conjunction with the Merck Corporation
to promote product visibility. The General Motor’s
Saturn division is another beneficiary of the professor’s
high energy “edutainment”. Dan is a regular
at sales meetings and motivational seminars where he showcases
his talent and humor to elevate teamwork and problem solving.
He also appears simply as a variety comedian for any number
of events.
Mr. Bennett has a strong educational background in the
sciences. With his hilarious explanations and world class
skill he can speak and entertain effectively on numerous
topics such as: MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, PHYSICS, ECONOMICS,
SALES, BIOLOGY, ENGINEERING, CHEMISTRY, TEAM BUILDING, PROBLEM
SOLVING, etc. He is the solution to your company’s
presentation needs.
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