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When John Hakel decided to hire a comedian for one of his company's events,
he knew that hiring the right comic would be no laughing matter. As the
Director of the Association of General Contractors of California, Hakel
plans dozens of events each year and he had heard of other planners who got
blindsided when the hired comic's jokes quickly went from funny to filthy.
"My job security depends on making our association members happy at these
events," says Hakel, "not upsetting them with crude, racially insensitive or
sexually explicit humor."