Michael Merton Online!

Michael appears regularly at standup comedy venues around Los Angeles. Next up:

The
Great Hollywood Standoff
The Pig 'n' Whistle
Sunday, January 15
7:30 pm

Michael next appears onstage in one of the hottest comedy shows in town, The Great Hollywood Standoff, at the famous Hollywood hotspot, The Pig 'n' Whistle, on Sunday, January 15, at 7:30 pm. There is a $10 cover, with NO FOOD OR DRINK MINIMUM. The Pig 'n' Whistle is located at 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.

UPCOMING STANDUP COMEDY SCHEDULE

Thursday, January 5	P-N-W Comedy The Pig 'n' Whistle 7:30 PM
Thursday, January 12	Comedy SmorgasBorg The Comedy Store (Belly Room) 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 15	The Great Hollywood Standoff The Pig 'n' Whistle 7:30 PM
Friday, January 27	Laughing Stock The Parlour Stage 7:30 PM
Thursday, February 9	The Emerging Comics Show The Comedy Store 10:00 PM

Michael will appear as a minister in the pilot episode of the highly anticipated MTV series, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous, starring comedian, singer, songwriter, and Internet sensation, Bo Burnham.

The latest online comedy sketch in which Michael can be seen, along with a pile of other standup comics, is entitled "The Watering Hole," and it springs from the hilariously twisted mind of Matthew Clark. The role was a stretch for Michael: he plays an officious administrator wearing a tie. Click the image to view the performance.

Michael recently appeared onstage as Nazi war criminal, Emil Hahn, in the hugely successful revival of Judgment at Nuremberg at The Santa Monica Playhouse, under the direction of Diane Namm. He shared the stage with Katherine Ross (The Graduate, Donnie Darko), Drake Hogestyn (Days of Our Lives), and a parade of other amazing actors, all members of the West of Broadway theater company. Michael says it was quite possibly the most creatively satisfying experience of his stage career.

Michael appears in a spoof of the Robin Williams film Patch Adams, which is now posted on FunnyorDie.com. Click the image and check it out. (WARNING: ADULT CONTENT)

Michael got the opportunity to play onstage with fellow Los Angeles comedian, the hilarious Valerie Jean Garduno. It was all part of Tag Team Comedy at The Palms Bar in West Hollywood, an evening in which standup comics pair up and share the stage for the night. Click the image to view the performance. (WARNING: ADULT LANGUAGE)

Michael's episode (entitled "How To Be an All-Star") from the first season of Ray Romano's hit TNT series, Men of a Certain Age, will be added to the Media Page soon!

The Slammin' Salmon is out on DVD! Michael appears as a customer dealing with an obsessive-compulsive waiter in a fun restaurant scene in this latest film by the Broken Lizard Comedy Troupe, the guys who brought you such politically-incorrect movies as Beer Fest and Super Troopers. To view a trailer for the film, click here.

Michael appears in a spec commercial for Tropicana Orange Juice, produced by the fantastic folks at Sugar Film Productions, whom Michael first met when he shot a 7-Eleven spot for them a few years back. To view the Tropicana spec commercial, click the image.

After years of coaxing from his friends, Michael has begun teaching on-camera acting classes, an ongoing series of workshops called The Actors Safehouse. To check out the website, click here.

I'll bet you didn't know that Michael is also a singer/songwriter. Putting this often-neglected talent to use, he has written a song that will be incorporated into an untitled short film currently in pre-production. To hear the song, click the image.