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Mike Still

When Oprah gives me opportunities, I call them Oprah-tunities. And life is the greatest Oprah-tunity

About Me

Two hundred pounds of man. Arrived in New York City on May 31, 2004. In the sketch comedy troupe, A Week of Kindness. Visit at www.aweekofkindness.com to see that. Also, there is a store across the street from where I live that sells canned Indian food, which is as good as any I've gotten in most restaurants.

My Interests

Acting, sketch comedy, improv comedy, film making, drinking, eating, film sketch shorts that involve cats.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to attend a fancy dinner party with Tim Allen.

Music:

Modest Mouse, Radiohead, the Beatles, the Flaming Lips, James Taylor, Neutral Milk Hotel, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, the pixies, the postal service, wilco, the smiths, tori amos, weezer, stevie wonder, the who, broken social scene, the notwist, george harrison, TV on the Radio, shayna ferm, the shins, the decemberists, the beach boys, the protomen, the wrens, special patrol, imago, the scurvy pirates, ted leo and the pharmacists

Movies:

annie hall, the iron giant, unforgiven, the old star wars trilogy, fargo, dr. strangelove, the big lebowski, clerks, donnie darko, citizen kane, metropolis, pulp fiction, fight club, the lion king, toy story 1&2, goodfellas, the royal tenenbaums, trainspotting, reservoir dogs, little miss sunshine, being there, ID4 (Independence Day! Snap!), the straight story, being john malkovich

Television:

conan, six feet under, sports night/west wing/studio 60, mr. show, mclaughlin group, kids in the hall, entourage, bullshit, west wing, arrested development, saturday night live, home improvement, the office, the daily show, the colbert report, the office, aqua teen hunger force, seinfeld, 30 Rock, neon genesis evangelion, da ali g show, carl sagan's cosmos, tom goes to the mayor, the chris matthews show, wonder shozen, futurama, letterman, firefly, meet the press, battlestar galactica

Books:

his dark materials, to kill a mockingbird, Ender's Game, zorba the greek, the preacher, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the republic, a theory of justice, transmetropolitan, the thrawn trilogy, the tripod trilogy, the demon haunted world

Heroes:

Carl Sagan, David Letterman, Bill Hicks, Stephen J. Gould, Al Franken

My Blog

Writer’s Strike Thoughts

(Watch this vid for a great strike overview if you aren't familiar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ55Ir2jCxk)Hey folks, We're about a week into the writer's strike and I know that I'm feeling the ef...
Posted by Mike Still on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:29:00 PST

Myspace Blog is a place for THOUGHTS--Butterfly Effect 2 Treatment

I don't use the myspace blog, so a lot has happened since the last blog post. Many life changes, advances, triumphs, failures, fun and hardtimes and the assorted inbetweentimes. But most importantly...
Posted by Mike Still on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:00 PST

Profane Gourmet on MTV this Thursday!

Hey everyone,I'm going to be on MTV again, and this time not just creepily hanging out in the background. The AWOK tribute to all things wonderful about cooking shows, "The Profane Gourmet," will be ...
Posted by Mike Still on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:16:00 PST

Check me on MTV!

Check it, my friends,This all went down late-Friday/early-Saturday night. I was in Times Square eating a cheeseburger value meal at McDonald's, because that's how I roll. The next thing I know, I'm in...
Posted by Mike Still on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:35:00 PST

Vote/Two Improvs/New Vid--DMB Edition

**PRE-EMAIL BULLETIN: NEW AWOK VID, "LIQUID DOCTR" HERE: http://www.aweekofkindness.com/videos.html **Begin Message--Hi Friends,"So here we are tonight, you and me together"*, and we have "so much to...
Posted by Mike Still on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:06:00 PST

Christmas in January Continues!--AWOK on Friday and Saturday

Hey all,The January Big-ness keeps on rollin'. This week, AWOK is performing Christmas in January this Saturday at the PIT at 9:30pm with the Cool Kids Club. Who and what are the cool kids club? Re...
Posted by Mike Still on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:44:00 PST

January is an Awesome and Huge Month!

Summary of content. Please print and place in wallet or on refrigerator:1) Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFnPoR0SXcU2) Sat. Jan 6, 13, 20. 9:30--AWOK Christmas in January at the PIT with Dawgh...
Posted by Mike Still on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:12:00 PST

Last chance for AWOK/BHWC show this Sat (11/18)

Hey y'all,My sketch group, A Week of Kindness, will be performing with the Bare Hand Wolf Chokers one more time, this Saturday, Nov. 18 at 11pm at the Peoples Improv Theatre. It has sold out TWICE an...
Posted by Mike Still on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:07:00 PST

Vote!

It's election day!Vote, vote, vote!This is the election where the cynicism of the past six years will be put behind us, and we can begin to rediscover the optimism that is our American birthright. The...
Posted by Mike Still on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:57:00 PST

Info on Vids at UCBT Thursday 11/2 and New Show at PIT Sat 11/4

Hey MySpace friends,If you want to see me dressed up like Bruce Vilanch, come out to Blue Smoke tomorrow (Tues 10/31) before 3pm, because I will be dressed in an extremely cheap Bruce Vilanch outfit. ...
Posted by Mike Still on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:46:00 PST