Michael Jr. - Comedian/Actor
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Episode 505
Known as one of today’s most gifted comedians, Michael Jr. brings laughter and understanding to audiences all over the world. He has spent a significant portion of his career making laughter commonplace in uncommon places such as homeless shelters and prisons, in addition to empowering his audiences with an appearance in Sony Pictures' feature film War Room as well as a starring role in his latest film Selfie Dad, which is available June 19 on Premium Video on Demand.
Michael has performed on some of the biggest media platforms including The Tonight Show, "The Late, Late Show, Oprah, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central, BET, CNN and many others.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Michael Jr. about his new movie Selfie Dad, becoming a comedian, why he desired to keep his content clean and for all ages, his powerful testimony of coming to faith in Christ and his love for Detroit sports.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. We are presented today by |
| 0:22.6 | Water Mission. We love what Water Mission is about a non-profit Christian engineering ministry that |
| 0:28.1 | fights the global water crisis with safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions in developing |
| 0:33.7 | countries and disaster areas, having served more than 5 million people in 56 countries. |
| 0:39.7 | They do such great work. Check out their website, watermission.org, to learn how you can pray for them |
| 0:45.3 | and learn more about fighting the global water crisis. We're also presented by Compassion International, |
| 0:52.0 | the most trusted child development ministry in the world. |
| 0:55.6 | And they're doing a really great thing now to help sponsor children in Jesus name. |
| 1:00.8 | You got to check out the website, Compassion.com slash team up to learn how you can team up with |
| 1:06.2 | pro athletes for children in poverty. |
| 1:09.9 | I'll tell you a little bit more about that in just a little bit. |
| 1:12.3 | But again, check out their website, compassion.com slash team up. |
| 1:18.0 | Today on the show, we are excited to welcome comedian and actor Michael Jr. |
| 1:23.2 | To Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:25.4 | His television appearances include the Tonight Show, the late Late Show, Oprah, Jimmy Kimmel Live, |
| 1:31.9 | Comedy Central's The Tom Joyner Show, and many, many more. |
| 1:36.5 | You'll find him at the most prestigious comedy clubs across the nation, including the improv, |
| 1:41.1 | the laugh factory, the comedy store, and others. |
| 1:44.2 | He's appeared in movies, including Sony Pictures feature film War Room back in 2016, |
| 1:50.7 | and the comedian Michael Jr. is now in his own movie. |
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