We make this guarantee if you come to the Denver Press Club’s 2009 Gridiron Show on Oct. 23: You WILL laugh. A lot. Guaranteed. SIGN UP FOR TICKETS

What else would you expect from the funniest, most irreverent homegrown satire each year?

We skewer politics, popular culture and whatever else is unfortunate enough to make our radar screen. And we’ll draw some big names from politics and media to help us do it.

And we all could use some laughs these days, given the state of the nation and the world. And geez, look what’s happening to journalism.

Some of the topics we’ll skewer: Out-of-control government spending, bailouts, Sarah Palin, Colorado’s next elections, the Jay Cutler-Denver Broncos saga, Gov. Mark Sanford’s strange ways, fired TV anchors (including a special appearance from Victoria, B.C., by Bob Kendrick, formerly of KUSA-9News), FasTracks, that Denver police officer who showed a gun at a McDonald’s drive-through window, and lots more.

Mike Landess, Cynthia Hessin and Reggie Rivers will anchor our annual fake newscast.

Mayor John Hickenlooper and his band will make their fourth appearance (and Hick’s sixth) at the Gridiron. The band includes Andrew Hudson, Neil Westergaard (Denver Business Journal) and Tom Clark (Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation), among others.

Master of ceremonies Fred Brown once again will deliver some hilarious haikus.

Other cast members and guest introducers include former Gregg Moss, Steve Saunders, former Gov. Bill Owens, former Kingston Trio performer Bob Haworth, Reggie Rivers, the Denver Business Journal’s Bruce Goldberg and Ruth Darling-Goldberg, United Way’s Robert Thompson, the Aurora Daily Sentinel’s Adam Goldstein, former Denver City Council President Rosemary Rodriguez, representatives of the Colorado Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, 9News’ TaRhonda Thomas, Colorado House Speaker Terrance Carroll, state Sen. Chris Romer, Sari Padorr, Christine Thornton and more.

We also have 10-person sponsorship tables; if interested, please call Bruce Goldberg at 303-803-9226. The details:

GOLD ($2,200)

• Reserved priority seating for a table of 10 with signage.
• Logo display on all invitations, programs and advertising.
• Full-page ad in program (supplied by sponsor).
• Recognition from the dais.
• Banner at Gridiron event (supplied by sponsor).
• 5 individual one-year memberships to Denver Press Club – the nation’s oldest press club.

SILVER ($1,700)

• Reserved preferred seating for table of 10 with signage.
• 1/2 page ad in program (supplied by sponsor).
• Recognition from the dais.
• 3 individual one-year memberships in the Denver Press Club.

BRONZE ($1,200)

• Reserved table of 10 with signage.
• 1/4 page ad in program (supplied by sponsor).
• Recognition from the dais.
• 1 individual one-year membership in the Denver Press Club.