In addition to being an electrifying motivational speaker and hilarious Emcee, Mack Dryden is a comedian/actor/writer who has appeared on numerous television shows, several feature films and whose writing and voice are heard on more than 500 radio stations every week.

Since 1980 Dryden and his stand-up comedy partner Jamie Alcroft have performed as the comedy duo "Mack & Jamie," appearing on "The Tonight Show" with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, 125 episodes of their own syndicated TV show, "Comedy Break with Mack & Jamie," and on many other comedy and variety shows. The two played bumbling FBI agents in Dino deLaurentis? "Million Dollar Mystery," which still airs often on HBO and other cable networks. The duo still performs their unique brand of comedy at corporate and association meetings
across the country and abroad.

Dryden played bartender Scotty McBride on the ABC Western series "Paradise," starring Lee Horsley, and has appeared in numerous guest-starring roles on TV series ranging from "J.A.G." to "Saved By the Bell." He has a supporting role in "Landers," a feature-film thriller due for release in the spring of 2000, and recently appeared in "Simpatico" with Nick Nolte.

For a dozen years he has written and voiced comedy sketches for L.A.-based Premiere Radio Networks, which sends his work to more than 500 stations nationwide every week.

A former cartoonist, Dryden illustrated "Remember When Safe Sex Meant All the Car Doors Were Locked?"
(Longstreet Press)
a book of humor he co-wrote with Alcroft in 1999.

Dryden was born and educated in Mississippi, and is a former newspaper reporter and illustrator. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

HERE?S WHAT THEY?RE SAYING!

"...you hit big time in every category for us: client handling, content sensitivity, eye on the watch, pitching in to help, handling things on the fly, enthusiasm, humor, and all-round great guy. So thank you a million-fold." -Richard B. Williams,
Michael Carson Productions (New York)

?I was particularly impressed with (the custom material you created for) our employees, which wasn?t just canned or recited. Your humor was so appropriate?very funny, without being offensive! Just perfect!? -Pat Hosegood Martin, Cal Poly State University

?You are a powerful, highly motivated and motivating speaker?(and) having you Emcee our awards segment was pure fun! There wasn?t a single person in the room who didn?t laugh long and loud!? -James E. Foster, Leadership 2000 Conference Coordinator

Topics:
Laugh To The Top
The Perfect Host
Managing Transition with a Chuckle

Books:
"Remember When Safe Sex Meant All the Car Doors Were Locked?"