Mary Mack (comedian)

For other uses, see Mary Mack (disambiguation).

Mary Mack (born July 25, 1975)[1] is the stage name of American comedian and musician Mikelle Louise "Mickey" Budge.[2][3][4]<ref name=="Priesmeyer">Rambler (August 24, 2005). Rambler: Itinerant storyteller, standup, musician, and actor Mary Mack stumbles into comedy and staves off insanity. Citypages</ref>[5][6]

Mack grew up near Webster, Wisconsin with five siblings.[7][8] She attended University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh where she earned degrees in clarinet performance and conducting.[9] She was also a member of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans track and field team, competing in cross-country running and the 5000 meter run.[9][10][11]

She taught music in Nashville, Tennessee and played in a polka band, but she returned to performing as a folk humorist. Mack has performed in the Vancouver Comedy Fest, HBO's Andy Kaufman Awards, and the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.[12] She is married to fellow comedian Tim Harmston.[13]

She voiced the character Dylan Beekler in the first season of Fox's animated television series Golan the Insatiable.

References

  1. ↑ The Dork Forest Podcast (April 11, 2011). TDF EP 34 – Mary Mack and Scott Krinsky
  2. ↑ Did You Know? Burnett County, Wisconsin Government Center
  3. ↑ Staff report (August 11, 2008). Mack brings her north woods comedy home to the Northland. Duluth News Tribune
  4. ↑ Horgen, Tom (December 20, 2011). Mary Mack: Laugh now (cry later). Minneapolis Star Tribune
  5. ↑ Staff report (July 9, 2004). Strangers in a strange band. St. Paul Pioneer Press
  6. ↑ Staff report (July 25, 2009). Mary Mack. Upcoming
  7. ↑ Roberts, Chris (September 29, 2010). Mary Mack's riffs on the Midwest resonate nationally. MPR News
  8. ↑ Staff report (February 19, 1993). Women's group to honor top high school athletes. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  9. 1 2 1990 NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field Champion NCAA Division III Women's Outdoor Track & Field
  10. ↑ Women's Individual Champions Division III Men's & Women's Cross Country Midwest Regional Archives.
  11. ↑ Women's Track Champions. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
  12. ↑ Maron, Marc (March 18, 2012). Episode 263 - Mary Mack. WTF with Marc Maron
  13. ↑ The Stand-Up Chronicles (June 16, 2010). Episode 62 - Mary Mack, Brent Smalley & Alan Perry.

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