Mike Bower
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Mike Bower is an American radio host and stand up comic. His many travels in radio have included stops in Detroit, San Bernadino, and most recently, New York City where he hosted The Mike Bower Show on Sirius radio's Maxim Channel[1]. In the summer of 2007, Bower took a position with Electronic Arts as a host for their live trivia/radio hybrid, EA Sports GameShow, which debuted in October 2007. He has also appeared on SpikeTV as a judge for their "Hottest NYC Bartender" contest.
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[edit] Growing Up
Born in the greater Bay Area of California, Mike grew up attending Stanford football games and rooting on the Oakland Athletics. It was there also that he began to develop his comic timing that would land him in clubs like Caroline's and the Improv Cafe. No one knows when his self-loathing caused him to pick up the Lions as a team he roots for.
[edit] EA Sports GameShow
Bower currently hosts live trivia sessions on EA Sports GameShow, which operates out of EA Tiburon's Orlando studios. His usual time slots are:
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 10pm-1am ET
Friday and Saturday: 10pm-2am ET (On these nights, the final two hours of the show are Pop Culture, rather than the usual Sports trivia.)
His usual producer is the flamboyant fan of all things Texas(except San Antonio), Eric "E" Gray.
Some of Bower and E's nightly bits include:
- BMOC Challenge - The evening's top players compete in a room for the title of Big Man on Campus.
- Bower's Drunken Theatre - Bower and E (poorly)reenact classic and familiar movie scenes.
- Older than Bower - Bower names a celebrity and E must guess if he is older than Bower.
- This or that? - Bower gives the name of several establishments is a certain city and the producer must decide one of the following pairs: Steakhouse or Gay bar, Restaurant or Gay Bar, BBQ joint or Gay Bar, Golf Course or correctional facility, Flower Shop or lesbian bar, pastry shop or lesbian bar. .
- Craigslist Mad Libs - Bower reads craigslist ads from the casual encounters section and replaces the naughty bits with user submitted words, mad libs style.
- Case of the Mundays! details people who have had bad weekends and therefore are likely to suffer from a case of the mundays.
- Wasted 10 Minutes In - Bower shares drinking games and drink mixes that are associated with pop culture trivia sessions.
- The Office Minute - an entire episode of The Office condensed into a single minute of audio goodness.
- Hockey Player or Vodka - the producer must determine if the names Bower gives him belong to a hockey player or a vodka.
- Grade the session - Bower tries to assure E that the trivia questions E writes don't suck.
[edit] Trivia
- Bower hates basketball so much, he created a fantasy golf league to fill the winter void.
- Mike is one of the few members of the EA GameShow on-air staff not to come from San Antonio.
- Bower has never been fired for being a racist.
- He once played Mr. Big's To Be With You for his ex-girlfriend while she was in the hot tub with another man.
- Bower has found Oprah's Spirit.
- Bower likes to drink the pepperoni grease off of pizzas.
