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Mike Birbiglia

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About Me

The "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing" Tour Dates!May11 & 25 | Union Hall, Brooklyn15 | Sound of Young America interview airs!June 10 & 11 | Raleigh, NC 12-15 | Bonnaroo! Manchester, TN 16 | Nashville, TN 20 | NY, NY 25 | Cleveland, OH 26 | Royal Oak, MI 27 & 28 | Columbus, OH
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In 2nd grade I won the "Author of the Month" at St. Mary's School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts for my poetry about bears and my sister and Thanksgiving. My aspirations were to be a poet, a teacher, or the owner of a pizza restaurant where 2nd graders could hang out. In 6th grade, I wrote a rap song for the graduation ceremony of the D.A.R.E. program.
I decided that I wanted to be a rapper, a break-dancer or the owner of a pizza restaurant where 6th graders could hang out. In high school, I started a sketch comedy group called "The Sickies."
Then I went to college in DC and got a job at the D.C. Improv, where I worked in the ticket window, developed an act, and decided to be a comedian. Then I moved to New York City and got asked to be on The Late Show with David Letterman. This led to a bunch of television appearances on other talk shows and my own Comedy Central Presents special.
Now I live in Greenwich Village and tour the country. I keep a journal called MY SECRET PUBLIC JOURNAL , which i read live on The Bob and Tom radio show and email to a bunch of people. (you can sign up, too!) This winter, I'm releasing my debut CD from Comedy Central Records called 2 DRINK MIKE, I'm taping another Comedy Central special, and am going out on Comedy Central's 20 college MEDIUM MAN ON CAMPUS TOUR. My aspirations now are to be an author, a filmmaker and the owner of a pizza restaurant where 27 year olds can hang out. for more on me, go to my website, it's www.birbigs.com


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I'd like to meet:

Tom Cruise, Bill Clinton, an alien

Music:

in my Ipod right now: Get-up Kids, Belle and Sebastien, Modest Mouse, Jay-Z, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper. also, i like mates of state- and also steel train and the format.

Movies:

RECENT: i like this newport folk festival dylan documentary that just came out, superbad ALL TIME: ice storm, the jerk, hannah and her sisters, singin' in the rain, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, real genius

Television:

NOW: friday night lights, south park, hardball, meet the pressTHEN: Larry Sanders, Sports Night, Dr. Who, arrested developmentFUTURE: Robotic Situation Comedy GX^9

Books:

RECENT: steve martin's autobigraphy, Garrison keillor poetry collections. I like plays, biographies. i really like dylan's autobiography: Chronicle. Absolutely read this.

Heroes:

david letterman, woody allen, fantasy combo of martin luther king jr. and ghandi

My Blog

Mike Birbiglias Non-Celebrity Celebrity Playlist!

Dear Journal,This week iTunes gave me my very own celebrity playlist which is very exciting because it gave me the opportunity to impress my girlfriend. Now don't get me wrong, Journal, I know my girl...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Thu, 15 May 2008 10:25:00 PST

Mike Birbiglia makes pancakes in Los Angeles

Dear Journal,I just returned from Los Angeles where I shot a TV pilot for CBS.What's a TV pilot?Well, no one's really sure, but my best explanation is that it's a sample episode of what a TV series wo...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Tue, 06 May 2008 10:11:00 PST

What I Should Have Said Was Nothing DVD in stores today!

Dear Journal,This month I’m living in Los Angeles, preparing for my CBS pilot, and celebrating the release of my first DVD, "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing." I’ve rented a house, and ...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:03:00 PST

Birbigs @ Carolines this wkd. Free advanced copy of DVD on Sunday!

Dear Tri-State Auto Dealers and Friends,One quick update, This weekend in NYC I’m doing my final shows before shooting my CBS PilotFriday, Saturday and Sunday night at Carolines on Broadway! AL...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:14:00 PST

CBS Green-lights My Secret Public Journal and Your Secret Public Journal!

Hey Internet life partners,I have great news. The secret public journal emails you’ve been reading for the last 20-25 years are being made into a comedy pilot (and ideally a series) for CBS!!! ...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:38:00 PST

Are you from Shrewsbury?

Dear Journal,I just got back from performing at Penn State University, home to a made-up holiday called "State Patty's Day." Apparently, because St. Patrick's's day usually falls on spring break, and ...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:59:00 PST

This is Not My Beautiful House

Dear Journal,I just resurfaced after being bedridden with the flu for 2 weeks. The "two-weeks flu" of course, is the much less sexy version of the "24-hour flu." The two weeks flu forced me and my gir...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:35:00 PST

Encore of One Hour Special and Tour Dates!

Hey friends,Great news. I'm about to list several exciting Birbig-news nuggets in bullet point form. Just like school!- My Secret Public Journal Live was named "comedy album of the year" by Time Out N...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:19:00 PST

"What I Should Have Said Was Nothing" Premieres This Saturday!

Dear Journal,I'm in the Bahamas again this year with my friends from The Bob & Tom show. I'm not sure why I got invited again, I think maybe it's because the moment my brother Joe stepped on the p...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:27:00 PST

SQUEEZE Mike to the top of the Standup Showdown!

Dear Journal,Every year Comedy Central does this contest for the most popular comedian on the networkit's called the Standup Showdown. Now, comedians aren't supposed to care about popularity, after a...
Posted by Mike Birbiglia on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:12:00 PST