About this episode

Michael McDaniel shares his journey in comedy, including early challenges and successes.

Michael McDaniel is a Detroit original and a Comedy Castle favorite. Here he tells Joel of his audacious start of his comedy career, how winning a comedy festival in 2010 helped him, and how he was booed at a church show for an unknown reason. Plus, hear how Michael’s excellent impression came about. From crying… Continue reading Podcast #261: Michael McDaniel →

People in this episode

Host: Joel

Guest: Michael McDaniel

Topics covered

• comedy career
• impressions
• live performance
• audience reactions
• Detroit comedy

Keywords

• Michael McDaniel
• comedy
• Detroit
• impressions
• audience reactions
• comedy festival
• church show

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Detroit

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