To spend An Hour With Ken Johnson, Laura Zam dons a men’s suit and a mop of black hair. She twists her tongue to speak in an Alabama twang. She’s pitch perfect as she channels the hackneyed advice of a second-rate motivational speaker, presenting the audience with Ken’s shtick, the Secret of the Seven Openings.

Zam is a bit gentler in her approach to Ken Johnson than the first and best faux motivational speaker that comes to mind: Chris Farley’s legendary Matt Foley. Ken Johnson is somewhere in between Joel Osteen and Foley, a little more fiery than the preacher, but more composed than the guy who is living in a van down by the river. Instead of promoting self-help through God or by instilling the fear of amounting to jack squat, Johnson has pupils recite his un-ffirmations along with him. “I am stupid. I am fat, and I’ve hurt people that I love. I have bad breath on occasion. And when I do, people do not want to kiss me. I may have bad breath at this moment.”

A hokey Johnson wants to help those at his seminar, the audience, in finding their Ding Dong Door, opening their hearts, eyes — and eventually their wallets — to become a better person. And if you can’t make it to Fringe, Johnson is happy to bring his motivation on the road to any office, which is not a bad proposition. The character’s advice is pretty much the same content that would be in any snake-oil self help book. The difference is that the character is in on the joke. For bookings, just contact his agent: Laura Zam.

An Hour with Ken Johnson has four more performances: tonight and July 16, 17 and 20. Tickets are available online.