Reviews

"...warm, engaging stage presence and inventive, impeccable joke writing"
-Teme Ring, ChicagoNow

"A stand-up guy...He’s nice, charming.”
-Marah Eakin, A.V. Club

"...a quirky sense of comedic timing...a vulnerability and honesty in his performances."
-Eric Zavinski, The Post-Journal Jamestown, NY

"My first impression of Michael was a great likability.  This is a guy that could star in a sitcom."
-Roseanne Barr

"Every joke is delivered with the precise timing in wording that amplifies the entire joke as a whole, making the performance feel more like a natural conversation between really good friends as opposed to something robotic filled with cheesy punch lines. It essentially comes down to what is great storytelling, and showed both his love and care for the craft and why he finished in the top five on 'Last Comic Standing.'"
-Dune Lorenz, Purdue University Northwest

"His charisma doesn't hurt; neither does his affability. In a lot of ways, he represents the ideal antidote to the sort of unbridled cynicism that pervades much of contemporary stand-up."
-Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader

"...takes listeners on a funny, multifaceted journey of the countless ways he finds hilarity in his day-to-day life. From adequate cellphone service to travel on a budget to the relationship between science and religion, Palascak examines each aspect of his life under a comedic microscope, magnifying the many ways that we are all united in ridiculousness." 
​-Laurie Fanelli, Eponymous Review

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