Player Spotlight Friday: Michael “Yes He” Wilcoxen
Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by Pong in Blog, CSz Culture
Michael Wilcoxen started ComedySportz when he moved to San Jose with his beautiful wife and 2 Great Danes. Since coming to California, he has enjoyed many adventures, including working on the Semester at Sea ship, where he sailed around the world and visited 16 different countries, with his favorites being India and South Africa. He hopes to visit Tanzania to complete a safari one day! Other activities include his work at Humboldt State University for 15 years, where he also helped create their improve comedy team, “The B.S. Players.”
Michael also loves magic: …“Since I was a little kid and saw my first magic trick from my Grandpa. Now I am trying to learn magic myself so I can amaze my nieces and nephews. They aren’t impressed with my puns… yet!”
His favorite TV shows are Dexter, Chuck, The Office, Attack of the Show, The Walking Dead and Smallville. His favorite movies include The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Brian’s Song and Strange Brew.
Player since: June 2009
Favorite Game(s): 5 Thingz, Replay at Bernie’s
Favorite CSz Moment: “When my wife confessed to me that I was not her favorite CSz player…Still trying to rectify that!”
Insider Statz: “I always listen to the same playlist on the drive to the show – lots of loud rock and roll Elvis, Kid Rock, Metallica, Nickleback and the Psych theme song to end it. Right before the show, I am so nervous, I bounce in place before we come through the door!”
For the benefit of readers who don’t know, I wanted to make a slight clarification: the first sentence makes it sound as though Michael “started ComedySportz” in the sense of founding it. This is not in fact the truth.
The truth is that Michael invented COMEDY, period. With that knowledge you can do a little math and figure out how old he is. Use a calculator if you need to.
Also I think we all want to know who his wife’s favorite CSz player is.
I understand the confusion. Seeing as I was one of the very first settlers of California back in the day AND I have facial hair similar to and am just as stunningly handsome as the ACTUAL founder of ComedySportz San Jose…
As a humble man, I don’t like to say that I “invented” comedy. Let’s just say I “created” comedy when I took the first accidental tumble down a hillside into a patch of poison oak.
As far as my wife’s favorite player… That remains a deeply guarded secret between the three of us and my therapist! Truth be told, I doubt if I even break her top ten!!!
I also did not create an “improve” comedy team… Actually, we did nothing close to improving comedy and I believe we may have been responsible to the “Great Comedy Backslide of 2006″ However, we had nothing to do with Carrot Top
first visit and I just wanted to stop by and say hi!.