Michael J Grady

Hatchet Man | Satirist | Original Gagster

( ** Comic Sketches Below! ** )

WELCOME TO MY PAGE!
Thank you for coming!

I fell in love with jokes at my fifth-grade lunch table, where I sat with giddy little vulgarians, exchanging dirty limericks, bad puns and yo mamma jokes. They’ve all matured into responsible adults, and I’ve grown a little bit, too, but whenever I walk into a bar I still hope something funny will happen.

Comic Sketches!

Here is a curated sample of some of my comic sketches. Several of these audio files are right under 2 minutes. If you want to quickly get a sense of my work, this is a great place to start!

The Death of Comedy

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(Special thanks to Nat Jacob [DJ BAO ZE], Maggie Jo Bulkley, Mary-Ashley Medeiros, David Faber, Sarah Chapman, Daniel Frederickson for contributing their vocal talents to the sketches above!)

There’s more where that came from! Push the FUNKY RED BUTTON below to go to THE DEATH OF COMEDY Podcast Site for more sketches and full episodes!

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Current Projects!

A burlesque radio sitcom and sketch show, mixing the Vaudevillian with the absurd, surreal and transgressive. The spectacle centers around a duo of ignorant, amoral, and anarchist DJs (DJ Bao Ze and MC Nuggets), their tendency to discover bad ideas, and their determination to see them through to their disastrous ends.

In reckless pursuit of impropriety, new satire,, and old schtick, the Death of Comedy crosses the line, jumps the shark, tips the sacred cow, and smashes the Overton Window.

“This is the Death of Comedy. We’re killing it!”

DINING WITH CANNIBALS

After hearing a lecture on quantum mechanics, Matt Gillings misinterprets an equation and falls into another universe. This is a satirical sci-fi novel, a through-the-looking-glass adventure-serial through multiple worlds.

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EXCERPTS AND QUOTES

“Have you ever felt like you’d stepped into another world?” asked the Stranger.
Outside the window, I saw a couple of dogs doing missionary.
“Why do you ask?” I inquired.
“Come on,” he said, “be honest.“
“Well . . . yes,” I said, “Have you?“
“No,” he said, before changing seats and glaring at me crossly.
From DINING WITH CANNIBALS

PATIENT: Damn it, just GIVE IT TO ME STRAIGHT, Doctor!!
Doctor: The cancer has spread from your brain to your penis.
Patient: (Long Pause) Is that bad?
From THE DEATH OF COMEDY

“Hell used to be a lot of work,” said the demon, “It was huge production! I mean, you try making people miserable forever! “
“What changed?” I asked.
“Now we just take their phones away.”
From ENOUGH Rope! (Forthcoming.)

“Among the snack cakes at my local supermarket, I saw an imitation Twinkie! An ‘imitation’ Twinkie! Do you know what that means?!? There’s a market for people who think to themselves ‘Yeah, I’d like a Twinkie . . . but I’m not made of money!!’“
From Michael’s stand-up act.