America's German comedian.
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Globally acclaimed humor that helps you
"We were delighted with Paco Erhard’s performance.
We had fantastic feedback from our media in attendance."
Chris Overall, Media Relations, BMW Group UK
PACO ERHARD:
AWARD-WINNING GERMAN COMEDIAN
brings you:
Comedy that presents the real Germany
with humor, honesty, and charm.
Multi award-winning. Sold out worldwide.
Since 2011, Paco Erhard has been explaining Germans and Americans to each other. With his Comedy that Connects Cultures, he is German companies' secret weapon in America, blowing guests' minds with world-class comedy made in Germany. He helps German brands shine with a sense of humor, bonds international teams, and inspires employees to think and work beyond borders.
Born in Munich, raised all over Germany and going on to live all over the world, Paco Erhard a.k.a. Frank Erhard Hübener is an ardent champion of German-American friendship and an international mindset.
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And no, an award-winning German comedian is not one of the signs of the apocalypse. We checked.
"one of the best cultural comedians
Broadway World
USA
In the world."
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COMEDY THAT CONNECTS CULTURES
by not taking YOUR own too seriously
Transforms how Americans see Germany. And how they see you.
Paco Erhard's comedy and event moderation embodies a modern Germany that is fun, hilarious, and exciting. Belly laughs meet cultural lightbulb moments for an evening your guests will talk about for a long time.
If you're a German company out to win hearts and minds, Paco Erhard's comedy will transform the way people see you and "the Germans".
Now German companies can present themselves with the humor, honesty, and charm the world has been hoping for. And within the laughs, Paco gives captivating insight into why we Germans and Americans are the way we are.
NOTHING BONDS HUMANS LIKE HUMOR.
(AT LEAST NOTHING THAT H.R. DOESN'T FROWN UPON.)
International humor boosts international team building, networking, and company image.
Pair laugh-out-loud, culture-savvy comedy with insights into why countries' mindsets are the way they are, add actionable tips for working together better, and you have an evening that inspires, motivates, and broadens horizons for good.
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The result: your German company's image transformed, great press, employees who love you, and a real bond between cultures. Which isn't always the effect we Germans have when we go places.
Smart Comedy: tailor-made to for event success
"Humor is an effective
and underleveraged tool in business, offering a competitive advantage."
G.K. Chesterton
Humor gets in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
WOWS GUESTS WITH AWARD-WINNING GERMAN HUMOR:
Whether at your Christmas party, annual sales conference, investor meeting, international expo, etc. World-class German comedy, tailored to you: a one-of-a-kind experience that creates buzz, stands out, and impresses.
ANCHORS MESSAGES in your guests' heads with the subtle power of humor.
FACILITATES TEAM BUILDING for your transatlantic workforce.
MOTIVATES EMPLOYEES and improves relations with German management.
BOOSTS PMI PROCESSES with comic relief that illustrates and advances your message of international collaboration.
Leverage Strategic Humor for messaging and effect
Global players such as BMW, Ford, or Unesco hire Paco to help them anchor messages in their target audiences' minds with humor and emotional storytelling.
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Leverage the power of humor to achieve the same for your business: enhance your events, trainings, and communication with Paco Erhard's Smart Comedy tailored to your specific objectives.
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Whether you want to enhance your German-American team building, motivate your transatlantic workforce, lighten up your PMI training, or create ads and training videos that resonate across borders — Paco Erhard combines 20 years of experience, award-winning humor, cultural fluency, and MENSA-certified creative problem solving to help you accomplish your desired outcomes.
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​Get in touch now for a conversation about how Strategic Humor can help you.​
MR.ERHARD made OUR GUESTS laugh so much,
WITH JOKES TAILORED TO THE OCCASION.
they hardly noticed they were BEING
imparted KNOWLEDGE At THE SAME TIME.
OUR GUESTS WERE ENTHUSIASTIC.
Olivia Hernandez
Association of German UNESCO World Heritage Sites
A GERMAN NAMED PACO??
MEET THE MAN BEHIND THE LAUGHS.
The world's comedy expert on Germany.
Selling out theaters and festival shows since 2011, Paco is the world's comedy expert on Germany and the modern German psyche.
For 15+ years, he has won awards, critical acclaim, and audiences' hearts with his smart, culturally savvy stand-up. Along the way, he has made 10,000s of people from New York to Sydney fall in love with his "charming, crazy mishap of a country".
Paco Erhard on BBC One
©BBC 2013
Since 2022: America's German Comedian.
Paco Erhard is America's German comedian... and Germany's global comic: a staple performer at the biggest comedy festivals around the world: from Edinburgh Fringe to Melbourne International Comedy Festival, from New York to San Diego, and everywhere in between.
Born Frank Erhard Hübener in Munich, Paco grew up in eight different regions of Germany, experiencing his country's great variety of regional cultures from an early age. He is the great-grandson of the first Minister-President of the German State of Saxony-Anhalt — post-war, thank goodness, appointed by the United States.
In 2001, Paco hitchhiked out of his native Germany, travelled the world for 14 years, and started doing comedy in English, Spanish, and German. One day in Valencia/Spain, his neighbor Amparo was fed up with his stupid, unpronounceable name "Erhard" and decreed that his name was Paco now, effective immediately. And that was that.
After moving to London in 2009 to pursue comedy full-time, Paco quickly rose to success with his first ever Edinburgh Fringe solo show 5-Step Guide to Being German, which Paco wrote in reaction to the unhelpful stereotypes about Germany he encountered on his travels. His goal: to write a show about the real Germany, a show that had both Germans and non-Germans go "so true" and cry with laughter at the same time. The rest, as they say, is history.
Paco has since written and toured eight further solo shows, following his passion for biting social commentary, mischievous satire, and an international outlook. His love for bridging cultures continues with his 5-Step Guide to Being German now available all over America.
Paco has appeared on BBC, ABC, ARD, RTE, and many other TV & radio stations in Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, New Zealand, Ireland, and Germany. He has written an award-winning academic paper on cultural identity, and he has written about Europe and Germany for the Irish Times.
Paco's corporate comedy has helped clients such as BMW, UNESCO World Heritage, Mensa, Ford, the Goethe Institute, the Festival of German Film, or the German-American Chamber of Commerce, lightening up events, helping international teams work together better, and humanizing their brands.
Paco Erhard is based in New York City.
"one of the best cultural comedians
Broadway World
USA
In the world."
