Mike Black - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I am Mike Black, a comedian. I do other things as well such as act, write (although most of my writing is also comedic), draw, read and once in a blue moon direct. If you're reading this we probably met at a show or have worked together in some capacity. If we haven't met I perform pretty regularly at The Improv on Melrose and sometimes at The Comedy Store on Sunset, so if you go there and see me perform say hello unless you're my stalker Jamie and standing in the back of the room staring at me with a look of cold calculated purpose is your thing. For those of you who don't have a stalker I offer this piece of advice for future reference: Choose your Secret Santa circle wisely. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)The Weakly News - Mike Black Attack

Watch This Episode on www.theStream.tv

My Interests

I am interested in filling out this box, it is my chief concern. Aside from that, film, comedy in all it's forms including the unintentional which seems to be God's favorite...God's Favorite was also a comedic play by Neil Simon which would fit much more neatly in the box of things that do not interest me. If you think I'm being harsh I defy you to read the play...or better yet if you have some Scotch and an eight ball go to your local community theatre and watch it...I guarantee it's playing somewhere and a choice between chicken and fish is offered to the patrons so they'll have something else to focus on. Wow, sometimes you don't realize how much you hate a thing until you start writing about it. I did like The Odd Couple and Seems Like Old Times...way to go Neil.

I'd like to meet:

Myself from the year 2035. He came back once to warn me about something but I forgot to ask him about his laser eye and cybernetic hand. Maybe if I know how we get those I can take some steps to avoid it.

Music:

Too much to really give you an accurate scope on what I like so instead here are the last few songs Itunes randomly played for me like cruel mistress of music it is:This Will Be My Year-Semisonic Sympathy for the devil- The Rolling Stones The bed's too big without you-The Police Smoke and Ashes-Tracy Chapman Accidents will happen-Elvis Costello The Blue Mask-Lou Reed King Tut-Steve Martin Clinique Ladies-Bruce McCullough Muzzle of Bees-Wilco Season Cycle-XTC Diamond Dogs-David Bowie Friend of Mine-Liz Phair Ol '55-Tom Waits These Arms of Mine-Otis Redding The Boy Done Wrong Again-Belle and Sebastian

Movies:

I do not wish to type this much. I've seen everything that's out right now. Movies and I go together like "The Good People of Phillip Morris" and Tobacco.

Television:

Enough about my entertainment preferences! You will anger me!

Books:

The following are books I've recently started...I will finish a small fraction of them before I move on to a new batch. I rarely take the time to read a book unless I'm on a long trip or imprisoned. Here they are: The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, The Philosophy of Insanity, The Joke and its Relation to the Unconscious, The Underminer and Infinite Jest (which if I finish reading it, I will derive the same sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that the author must have felt when he finished writing it).

Heroes:

Get to know me and that will be pretty easy to figure out. Although some of my heroes I keep to myself.

My Blog

I Guess The Whole Point Is...

Fill your head up with as much as you can and live in such a manner that when you get to Heaven and see all those people you've always wanted to meet, they are at least somewhat interested in meeting ...
Posted by Mike Black on Thu, 08 May 2008 03:24:00 PST

New Direction

5'10, 268. As of a few days ago...beardless. I'm in a modest suite in Vancouver, Canada. No wonder so many writers do their best stuff in hotels rooms. Enough stuff to get the job done, not enough...
Posted by Mike Black on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:44:00 PST

Nonsense

It recently occurred to me that Pepsi should do a marketing campaign where different random waiters and waitresses from various establishments ask the most popular question in all of the food service ...
Posted by Mike Black on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:06:00 PST

Like A Big Boy!

It’s amazing to me what I actually take pride in sometimes. The feeling of accomplishment I get from cleaning my apartment, paying bills, making it through an entire day without a nap. Small g...
Posted by Mike Black on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:17:00 PST

Hecklers

It’s hard to say that I hate Hecklers because in a way they serve a function. If they’re heckling a bad comedian it’s quality control and if they’re heckling a good comedian i...
Posted by Mike Black on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:51:00 PST

"You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry..."

Indy, Batman, Iron Man already a great summer ahead...and now this: ..MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment NewsHULK SMASH!-Black Out™...
Posted by Mike Black on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:39:00 PST

TMJ is not okay.

So according to my latest Doctor, my latest illness is called Temporomandibular joint disorder or TMJ for short. The Doc tells me that because I carry all my tension in my jaw, it tightens up and fee...
Posted by Mike Black on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:39:00 PST

We Already Know Everything...

I've had an idea for awhile now that is beginning to cement in my mind. That somewhere in our subconscious lies all the information we will need to survive in the world and that as our own experience...
Posted by Mike Black on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:28:00 PST

What They Did To Amy Adams Is Not Right.

2008 Oscars: Happy Little Working Song...What the fuck? It's ONLY a Disney song. It's ONLY the actual star of the film singing it. It's ONLY the motherfucking ACADEMY AWARDS! So let's just put her ...
Posted by Mike Black on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:20:00 PST

Alright but this is the last time....

On March 1st, I'll be creating a profile on facebook. Join me or whatever but I'm still going to the bulk of my stuff here for awhile unless there is some unforeseen awesomeness on facebook that make...
Posted by Mike Black on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:08:00 PST