Sprint Canada:
I would like to thank-you for the phenomenal performance you did again at our annual Convention. Your performance this year was even better than last years which is saying quite a bit. The comment I heard over and over again was people were sore from laughing so hard. I found you a pleasure to work with and would highly recommend you for after dinner entertainment. Much success in the future.
Janet Thompson, Vice President Sales
Wal-Mart:
We were so pleased with your presentation. You were fabulous. Many people have called to let us know how wonderful you were.
Wausau Insurance:
I just wanted to drop you a short note to thank you again for your outstanding presentation at our Sales Leadership Conference last week in San Diego. Your show was the big hit of the conference.
Mary Horton:
Wes Zaharuk is an entertaining performer that keeps the action going non-stop. He gets the audience involved and is actually hilarious. This is the second year in a row we had him at the Canadian Racing Pigeon Union Convention so you can see you get your money�s worth. A top performer in our books.
Downey Saving:
Many managers relayed to me that your presentation was the best part of the conference�. Other comments ranged from �great� to �fantastic� to my face was sore from laughing�! The next day, I was overwhelmed with phone calls and people stopping me in the hall to rave about you.
MapInfo Corporation:
I want to write and thank you for a tremendously funny show last week at our International Sales Meeting.
Managed Health Care:
You were �a rip roaring hit� with your All-Pro Performance. I enthusiastically joined the 250-plus group as they stood to give you the standing ovation you truly deserved.
Nationwide Insurance Companies:
I have had the privilege to hear many top named performers, and frankly, I have seen none better than you.
The Franklin Life Insurance Company:
Thanks again for delivering such an upbeat and hilarious presentation. You received many, many compliments!
�Twin Peaks meets Cirque Du Soleil�
Wilder Penfield, The Toronto Sun
�Simply Amazing�
Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun
Toronto Special Events:
�Presidents can be good sports, but you don�t want to take the chance�. So says Toronto�s Wes Zaharuk in explaining the biggest no-no in performing standup comedy before a convention or special events audience: don�t pick on the group�s head honcho.
Zaharuk�s brand of humor relies as much on visual high impact comedy as on quick-fire repartee. During a 45-minute routine � usually performed after dinner or lunch � incorporates an eclectic collection of stupid prop tricks including: Vacuums, leaf blowers, a toilet paper gun, explosives and a live on stage brain removal. Saving the laughs for stage, he says there are a few serious questions he poses ahead of time to any potential group client. Who is the audience: Age range? Blue-or white-collar? Ratio of men to women? How well do the members know one another? And who are the people he should stay away from, including the company CEO and any top brass who might resent being made the butt of jokes in front of employees and colleagues?
�Unique, well executed and hilarious.�
Andre Best, WesFallen Post Germany