Mike Durrett was writing and performing humor before he could grasp a pencil. A self-described "comedy sponge," Mike's keenest skill has been honing and extending his preschool class clown gig into a lifelong obsession and occupation, including a decade of writing about humor online. The pencil thing didn't really work out.
Experience:
Mike's comedic master plan includes credits as humor columnist, major market radio mouth / comedy producer (WRAS, WIIN, WFOM), commercial voice artist, actor, joke writer (for Joan Rivers, plus deejays throughout North America, such as Howard Stern and Gary Owens), and veteran Internet comic. He first appeared as our Guide on April Fool's Day, 1998. Please, no groupies.
In a surreal detour, as part of a film festival devoted to the snappy snack cakes, Mike starred in the 1995 Golden Twinkies Awards' Best Comedy winner. The red carpet world premiere event was held inside Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, USA! Bogie couldn't make it.
Mike writes and publishes daily humor, living in a constant mental panic, seeking the next, bigger, better joke. He also scripts, directs, and mugs in home movie comedies.
Education:
While a journalism major at Georgia State University, Mike pounced on the campus radio station, which became his comedy lab and entrée to a professional broadcasting career.
From Mike Durrett:
When I finish goosing this bio into the third person, my job as Guide is not to tell you what's funny because you already know what's funny to you. My job is to help you discover things you might enjoy and ease your navigation to them. So, c'mon, let's go find the next laugh. Your shoe's untied.
References:
- Mike Durrett: CONFIDENTIAL
- Where Humor Boy shares his original comedy. - The Top One List
- Mike is the laziest Top Ten comedy writer on record. - 'MikeDurrett' on Twitter
- Mike cracks wise in 140 characters or less, the twit.