Michael Palascak

Michael Palascak appeared on the Zanies radar in 2009 when he won the Sierra Mist Comedy Competition at The Taste of Chicago. Although now living in Los Angeles, Michael appears regularly at Zanies. Performances on every major late night TV show (including Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, and Conan) have made him a national phenomenon. Most recently, Michael was named the 2018 Stand-up of the Year by the Late Nite Last Week Podcast for his performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Last year, Michael was one of five finalists on Last Comic Standing on NBC-TV. His comedy bits are played regularly on Sirius FM Radio and Pandora. This past summer, he performed at Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival where he taped a set for Kevin Hart's LOL network. Norm Macdonald said Michael remind's him, "of a guy that's just as funny offstage as on, which is like magic." Michael's short film "You're Alive" was accepted into numberous festivals including the Hollwood Comedy Shorts Festival and was the winner of the Audience Award at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival.