Michael grew up in Stilwell, Kansas and attended the University of
Chicago where he received a bachelor’s degree in both Psychology and
English Literature. While in college, Michael was active in theater and
learned video production and editing. One of his first projects involved
remixing the sound from a famous Friday the 13th trailer with visuals
from the trailer for Ferris Bueller’s Day O. This edit quickly became
popular on College Humor. He then made another video and it exploded
on Funny or Die. That’s when he realized
there was an audience for his crazy ideas.