About Michael Turner
Stand up comedy about sports, relationships, and the everyday moments everyone recognizes.
The Comedian
Real life stories. Fast crowd work. Zero repeat shows.
Michael Turner is a stand up comedian known for high energy storytelling and crowd interaction that turns every show into its own experience. His material comes straight from real life. Relationships, group chats, awkward conversations, and why sports somehow connects to everything.
Originally from Cincinnati, Michael started comedy in Phoenix before moving to Los Angeles where he built a national audience through touring and viral stand up clips. Whether you follow football every Sunday or do not care about sports at all, the jokes still land because the stories feel familiar.
His sets move fast, adapt to the room, and never play the same twice. The audience is part of the show.
Comedy that hits like a linebacker
Michael’s comedy sits somewhere between hanging out with your funniest friend and being roasted by someone who knows you too well. He mixes prepared material with spontaneous crowd work so every performance feels live and unpredictable.
He has appeared on Don’t Tell Comedy, Netflix Is A Joke Radio, Kevin Hart’s LOL Radio, KFC Radio, and multiple comedy podcasts. Outside the club scene he has talked sports on NBC Sports, Bally Sports, and Fox covering the NFL, NASCAR, and more.
He also created the Road Warrior Tour performing shows alongside Cincinnati Bengals road games and built an online following from his Mike’d Up tailgate series.
Background
From Cincinnati to clubs across the country
Michael has been performing stand up since 2012 in clubs, theaters, festivals, and independent shows across the country. He produces Don’t Tell Comedy shows in Los Angeles and previously co produced This Week Sucks Tonight, now featured at the Hollywood Improv and Mic Drop Comedy Club.
He has performed in national festivals including High Plains Comedy Festival and All Things Comedy Festival and continues touring year round.
If he is in your city there is a good chance one of his teams is playing that same week. The Bengals, Reds, Suns, or Sun Devils tend to dictate the tour schedule.
