Alabama-based, nationally touring, and available throughout Maine. When the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association wanted something different for its members in Bangor, it booked Jody Fuller — and called it the best decision we’ve ever made.
Alabama-Based. Nationally Touring. Proven in Maine.
Jody Fuller is a clean comedian, keynote speaker and former U.S. Army Major with three tours in Iraq who has stuttered his entire life. He is based in Opelika, Alabama and works nationally — programs delivered in 45 states and for U.S. troops in 15 countries — which means Maine meeting planners are booking a touring professional, not a regional act with a short drive.
His documented Maine work is a statewide professional association: the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association brought him to Bangor to entertain its members after the 2016 annual fall conference. The recommendation letter from that booking is on this page, in full, along with a photo from the Cross Insurance Center.
Maine fits the rest of the book cleanly. Association conferences, corporate meetings and banquets, chambers of commerce, cooperative and utility annual meetings, teacher in-service days, churches, and military and veteran audiences all get the same act: clean throughout, built on real stories, and pointed at a message rather than a punchline count. Jody flies from Atlanta into Portland or Bangor, books his own travel, and quotes it with the fee.
DocumentedMaine performance history
5.0Rating on every review shown
2016Performing in Maine since
45States performed in nationwide
Maine
Documented Maine Engagement
Organization, event, date and proof. Click any photo or letter to enlarge.
Bangor, ME
Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association — Annual Fall Conference
Statewide professional association
November 9–10, 2016
Cross Insurance Center
Social hour following the conference
The Executive Council was looking for something different for our members to enjoy during our social hour following the conference. So, we invited Jody Fuller, Iraq War Veteran, Author, Comedian and lifelong Stutterer to entertain us. It was the best decision we’ve ever made. His performance was full of laughs and insights on his career as a soldier and his life as a stutterer. His act had a very positive message on stuttering. He has an uncanny gift to joke about his stuttering and experiences without being demeaning.Sue Shain, President Elect, Maine Speech Language Hearing Association · official recommendation letter, November 10, 2016
If you’re looking for entertainment for your association, we would suggest contacting Jody. He was extremely easy to work with, affordable and downright funny. Everyone was talking about how much they enjoyed his performance the next day.Sue Shain, President Elect, Maine Speech Language Hearing Association
Recommendation letter
Proof: a signed recommendation letter on MSLHA letterhead from President Elect Sue Shain, dated November 10, 2016 — the day after the performance — plus a photo with association leadership at the conference venue in Bangor.
It was the best decision we’ve ever made. He was extremely easy to work with, affordable and downright funny.
Sue Shain, President Elect, Maine Speech Language Hearing AssociationAssociations & nonprofitsView Full Letter
Where Jody Works in Maine
Bangor is the documented date, but Jody travels the state: Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Brunswick, Bar Harbor, Rockland, Waterville, Presque Isle and the resort and conference properties in between. Portland International Jetport and Bangor International both connect through Atlanta, and he is comfortable adding a New England swing when a second regional booking lines up.
Planners outside Maine book the same act for the same reasons: an association conference that needs a closing night people actually stay for, a corporate banquet that cannot risk an off-color set, a cooperative annual meeting with members of every age in the room. If a second Maine or New England date is already on your board, say so with the request — pairing dates keeps the travel line down.
Questions
Booking Jody in Maine
Has Jody actually performed in Maine?
Yes. He performed for the Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association at its annual fall conference in Bangor in November 2016. The event photo and the association’s recommendation letter from President Elect Sue Shain are both on this page.
Does Jody travel to Maine for a single event?
Yes. Jody is based in Opelika, Alabama and tours nationally, with programs delivered in 45 states and for U.S. troops in 15 countries. He flies from Atlanta into Portland or Bangor, books his own travel, and quotes it with the fee so there are no surprise line items.
What kinds of Maine events does Jody work?
State and regional association conferences, corporate meetings and banquets, chambers of commerce, utility and cooperative annual meetings, schools and teacher in-service days, churches, and military and veteran audiences. His Maine work to date came from a statewide professional association conference.
Is the material clean?
Yes. Clean throughout, every audience, every time. MSLHA put him in front of their members during the social hour following their conference and described the act as full of laughs and insights with a positive message, joking about his own stuttering without being demeaning.
Can Jody speak to an audience of speech-language pathologists or a disability-focused group?
Yes, and it is one of his strongest rooms. Jody has stuttered his entire life, served as a U.S. Army officer with three tours in Iraq, and speaks about both. MSLHA called booking him the best decision we’ve ever made.
Where is Jody based?
Opelika, Alabama. He is a nationally touring keynote speaker and clean comedian available throughout Maine and the rest of New England, flying from Atlanta (ATL) and Columbus, Georgia (CSG).
