Michael's entry into comedy was almost preordained. Years ago in a crowded Grand Rapids, MI movie theater, the projector malfunctioned. The film snapped, the house lights came on, and acting on a dare, young Michael jumped in front of the restless crowd and took center stage. When the theater manager tried to usher him out, the audience demanded he stay...and Michael, Jr. discovered his gift.

Comedian George Wallace offered Michael his first break when he took him to the legendary Comedy and Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, home of Jay Leno and The Tonight Show staff. The club's owner slipped Michael onstage, and a week later Michael was performing at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, where he became the first comedian to ever appear live via satellite on The Tonight Show.

That performance catapulted Michael's career and has resulted in additional appearances on The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, The Late, Late Show,  BET, Jimmy Kimmel Live, SiTV, The Byron Allen Show, and any more. He has also performed at comedy clubs across the nation, including The Improv, The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, The Punchline, The Comic Strip, and Zany's.  Michael's versatility takes him from universities such as Notre Dame, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Alabama, to church events at Willow Creek Church in Chicago and West Angeles Church in Los Angeles. You can see him in Thou Shalt Laugh,  a comedy DVD released by Warner Bros.

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