Performance Details

Content: Tom Snyders' specialty is a collection of slides of funny road signs from the back roads of America. His performance combines these trademark color images with his stand-up comedy, which all relates to his travels by bicycle over the past 16 years.

Audience: Performances by "The Bicycling Comedian" are enjoyed by anyone who likes to travel. We've had especially good reactions from bicyclists, outdoor enthusiasts, adventurists.

Snyders' clean show is appropriate for all ages, including seniors and families. It also works well in a corporate or conference setting. Organizations or businesses specializing in travel, transportation, pedestrian issues, land-use, the environment or sports are especially good audiences.

Length: The unique one-man show is approximately 45 minutes in length, but can be customized to your event's needs, anywhere from six minutes to one hour.

Rates: Rates for "The Bicycling Comedian" vary depending on a variety of factors, including distance he must travel by bike to get to your event, the type of event, and the size of the audience. Also, if more than one event can be booked in a geographic region within one week, we can offer a block booking rate.

Experience: Please keep in mind that Tom has made nine national television appearances in his 17-year career as a professional comedian. If you want unique, quality entertainment perfectly targeted for your audience, this is the entertainment for you.

Technical Requirements:

• One standard Kodak carousel slide projector in good working order. This slide projector will feature appropriate lens, remote, remote cord (or laser remote) and one empty slide carousel.
• An appropriate-sized screen for comfortable viewing of slides by all audience members.
• One microphone attached to a sound system in good working order capable of adequately projecting sound to all audience members.
• A CD player hooked up to the sound system.
• Any and all extension cords needed to attach any or all of the above-mentioned equipment to a working power source.

Publicity Guidelines: All publicity for performances of "The Bicycling Comedian" should fall within the guidelines specified below.

Tom Snyders, or his representatives, agrees to provide promotional materials including, but not limited to, photographs and press releases. These materials are copyrighted. Tom Snyders grants limited, one-time use of these materials for the specific purposes of: promoting his performances, promoting the event at which he is performing, increasing the enjoyment of audience members, or gaining publicity for the event at which he is performing.

These promotional materials may be used in part or whole in any and all literature intended for audience members or potential audience members at the event at which he is performing, or for any legitimate local, regional, national, or international media. This might include, but is not limited to, brochures, e-mails, inclusion on website, announcements, and/or press releases to the above mentioned.

Any use or reproduction of Tom Snyders' original photographs must be approved by either Tom Snyders or Promotional Coordinator Katie Leigh. Please use due care in preventing unauthorized use of said photographs.

The only exception to this is the black and white promotional photograph of "The Bicycling Comedian" and his fully loaded touring bicycle provided in the promo packet. This photo and any reproductions of it may be used at your discretion for the specific purposes of promoting your event and Snyders' performances.

If you have any questions about these guidelines, please contact Katie Leigh.