Here is a List of Appropriate Surprise Guests to Invite to Your Event
Last night, veteran comedian Dave Chappelle made a rookie mistake when he invited Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, to be on set with him during his set at a special Punchline Comedy Club event in San Francisco. The tech billionaire was met with resounding boos from the audience and Chappelle himself drew criticisms from the crowd for bringing Musk to his event.
Let this be a lesson for all of you; there are appropriate and inappropriate special guests to invite to your events. This list of appropriate candidates should help you narrow it down:
Shaquille O’Neal. Shaq is the definition of non-controversial and is a public figure that you can’t seem to escape. You can usually find him on your TV doing printer commercials, skits with The General insurance company, or advertising his new Papa John’s pizza, the Shaqaroni (basically a pepperoni pizza with more pepperoni than usual.) If you invite Shaq to your event, there’s a good chance he’ll tell you about the 1,000th business that he has invested in.
Patton Oswalt. Fans will fondly remember Patton as the voice of Remy in Ratatouille and there’s a reason he has been around for decades. He is totally unproblematic, a little chubby, and hilarious, the perfect recipe for a superb special guest. If you invite Patton to your event, you can be sure that your audience will be overwhelmed with good nostalgia and they will all think that they can cook.
Keke Palmer. Did you ever watch Akeelah and the Bee growing up and if so, why is watching it one of your fondest childhood memories? Seriously though, everyone became a Keke Palmer fan after that movie came out and she hasn’t stopped being famous since. If you invite Keke to your event, I don’t know a single person who would have a problem with it. Maybe the losers who didn’t watch her win the spelling bee.
Guy Fieri. Take your event to Flavortown and invite Guy Fieri to your show. Everybody loves this guy, and better yet, he seems to love everyone too. When he is not hosting Guy’s Grocery Game (really recommend watching by the way) he is a community activist. During the California wildfires he handed out meals to displaced people and during the COVID pandemic, he set up a relief fund for restaurant workers. If you invite Guy Fieri to your event, the only people who might care less are the ones who eat because they have to, not because they want to.
A short list I know, but do you see a pattern? These are objectively likable people. Are you still not getting it? Do you need an example of someone who you should not invite? Ok, here’s an example: don’t invite OJ Simpson. That should clear things up.
