Office Entertainment: Comedy, Games, and More

Liven Up Your Next Company Party

You spend all day, most days, with the same group of people, and cutting loose is a great reprieve from the grind of work. While everyone wants to enjoy an office holiday party or just a regular company party, getting into the rhythm can be awkward at first. Switching your brain from work mode to play mode doesn’t happen instantaneously; greasing the wheels a bit can really help your employees relax and enjoy themselves.

If you’re looking to get the wheels turning at your next office party, consider hiring a performer from The Comedian Company. Regardless of the activities you have planned, our performers are highly experienced at keeping a crowd engaged and entertained.

We have a wealth of comedians who can emcee light-hearted games or simply perform stand-up. Nothing helps people relax like a good belly laugh and a little friendly competition. Trust falls may be a tad outdated, but laughter and games never go out of style.

There’s even ample evidence that playing games helps people get through challenging times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. While much of this evidence supports role-playing games, specifically the tabletop game “Dungeons & Dragons,” it’s not a stretch to see how other games can be a boon to our mental health.

Playing games gives us a sense of achievement and purpose. They foster team spirit and help us learn and grow. Games also reduce stress and can help us reach what are called “flow states,” where we lose track of time and become hyper-focused on the task at hand—a highly rewarding state most often achieved by professional athletes and sometimes artists.

At The Comedian Company, we have a roster of over 2,000 comedians and performers. Maybe you hired a comedian last time and want to shake things up a bit. Introduce a little of the unexpected by bringing in a magician, or dazzle and delight your staff with a hypnotist.

Read on to discover how you can make your next office party the next big water-cooler event. After all, what we find most gratifying as humans are experiences—and a gratified employee is a committed employee.

Feud with Your Coworkers at the Next Office Party

If you want to take a staid office party and make it lively, try throwing a Friendly Feud game with a stand-up comedian as the host. Receiving a Secret Santa gift can be touching, but it doesn’t leave you with the warm and fuzzy feeling you get from laughing your head off while indulging in a bit of harmless fun.

Inspired by the game show “Family Feud,” Friendly Feud follows a similar format. If you are unfamiliar with the game, here’s a quick recap: A host—in this case, one of our stand-up comedians—asks various survey questions, and two teams take turns trying to guess the answers. If this sounds familiar but you haven’t seen the show, perhaps you caught the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode “The Gang Goes on Family Fight.” That episode featured a nearly identical, albeit more unhinged, version of the game.

One of the best things about Feud is that there are multiple versions of the game. Feel like springing for something extra special? We also offer celebrity comedians. For example, you could book former SNL cast member Tim Meadows, who has also guest-starred on The Office, appears in the upcoming season of Peacemaker, and starred in films such as Mean Girls and Dream Scenario.

Feuds on Offer

Office Feud

Perfect for a work environment, this variation curates the questions to an office setting. Part of the fun is bringing disparate groups together, with Tim from accounting joining ranks with Roxanna from HR, battling it out with Laura from IT and Patrick from sales. If you want team bonding, skip the trust falls and bring a comedian and a little bit of novelty to the office.

Student Feud

Perhaps your office is for grad students. Great—there is also a student version of the game. The main difference in this version is that the survey questions are tailored to students and school-related topics. Escape rooms can be anxiety-provoking, but a playful game with your fellow students won’t cause any panic attacks.

Friendly Feud

This is the classic version of the game, but with the benefit of employing one of our stand-up comedians. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, we’re well-versed in entertaining both nightclubs and corporate audiences. Our performer makes sure the vibe stays humorous, the energy high, and the game on track. If you want to bring something unexpected and fresh to the office dynamic, give your team members the gift of Friendly Feud.

The Essentials

• Teams of 4 to 6 people face off in rounds of questions, following the classic Family Feud game show format.
• Survey-based questions range from work-related topics to general trivia, and teams compete to answer before the opposing team gets a chance.
• At the end of the game, a small prize is often awarded to the winning team.

Let the Feuding Begin

The beauty of Friendly Feud is that it can be played in person or virtually. If you have a global team that only meets remotely, don’t let that stop you from enjoying the fun—we’ll bring the game to you.

Regardless of the version you go with—Office Feud, Student Feud, or Friendly Feud—our comedian host will ensure the game runs smoothly and everyone has a good time, laughing and bonding as time flies. We’ll help set up the game and customize the questions. You bring the contestants.

Trivia Time

Another great option to get your next office party going is a trivia night. And by hiring a professional comedian, you take the pressure off your company to use one of its own employees to keep people entertained. Everyone has been working hard; let them relax while you let an experienced comedian take the reins.

The trivia questions can run the gamut from sports and entertainment to politics and current events—and the only thing broader than the trivia is our range of comedians. We have comedians ranging from squeaky clean to late-night edge. Tell us the rating, and we’ll match you with a suitable comedian.

A trivia night is a great way to get to know your coworkers, as nothing reveals who someone is quite like learning the depths of their knowledge (or lack thereof). We’ll help you set up the event—whether it’s at the office, a bar, or a restaurant—and design the questions, leaving you to decide on teams.

If you want your office party to be memorable, you can’t go wrong with picking one of the classic party activities: trivia. The fun of a trivia night has endured from the halcyon days of college to the suit-and-tie era of adulthood.

But unlike the trivia you may have played in bars in college, we bring a stand-up comedian to the mix. Hiring a comedian to emcee your trivia can turn the trivial into the uproarious. Comedians are used to thinking on their feet and keeping an audience enthralled. A technical glitch may throw off the room’s energy if your account executive is tasked with hosting, but our comedians excel in moments like these.

Stop scrambling for fun activities that will keep your team having a great time at your next company party. When you’ve been making people laugh for as long as we have, it becomes second nature. We’d love to show you what our entertainers can do, so why not give us a call today?

The Office Christmas Party

Celebrating an upcoming holiday at work is a bit incongruous; you really celebrate the holiday outside of work. But it’s still fun to pre-celebrate at the office. So let’s go over how you can get your staff in the holiday spirit. One of our performers can be the linchpin of that spirit. They help take the comedic energy to an 11. And with myriad options for striking that funny bone, making your next holiday party a success is a cinch. Let’s go over several suggestions for making your office Christmas party shine.

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