Michael palascak biography
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Michael Palascak is a comedian who grew up in Wabash, Indiana, began his career in Chicago and now resides in LA. He performed on both The Late Late Show with James Corden and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the same year. In addition, his resume includes A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Conan, has a Comedy Central Half Hour special, and was a Top 5 Finalist on Last Comic Standing where one judge claimed, “My first impression of Michael was a great likability. This is a guy that could star in a sitcom.”
Michael’s likability allows him to relate to his audiences in a real way which sets up the huge laughs he gets from his sharp, personal material. Consistently writing and performing, Michael recently released both a new album— The Internet Live through 800 Pound Gorilla and a new stand-up special on the Dry Bar app
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Three years ago Michael Palascak blew up on the late night television circuit as he performed stand-up on both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman in the same year. This was a nice follow up to Michael winning multiple stand-up comedy contests including a national HBO talent contest at The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas, The Lucky 21. This past May, Michael’s Comedy Central half hour special debuted to rave reviews on Twitter. Also, Michael has performed on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Michael grew up in the Midwest, specifically the small town of Wabash, Indiana. When Michael went to college, his parents moved to Chicago. Michael spent his summers there working at a warehouse, playing baseball, and doing stand-up comedy. After college, he moved to Chicago to pursue both comedy and living with his parents full-time. This led to the development of his one-person sketch show, Pursuing Happiness:
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Biography
After moving around during his early years, Michael Palascak (Pal-a-sack) Midwest ended up in Wabash, Indiana--The First Electrically Lighted City in the World. He spent his formative years there, and then, after college, moved to Chicago pursue a career in comedy and living at home with his parents.
This past winter Michael debuted on The Late Show with David Letterman following up his summer debut The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He has also performed at New Faces in Just For Laughs Montreal and at The TBS LOL Lounge at Just For Laughs Chicago. He also has performed at Caesars Palace in The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas and was the winner of HBOs Lucky 21 Stand-up Contest. He also won the Chicago område of Comedy Centrals Open Mic kamp and went on to make his Comedy huvud debut on Live at Gotham årstid 3.
Desiring to perform all forms of comedy, Michael took sketch and improv classes at The Second City in Chicago, IO, and Annoyance. In Chicago, Michael debut