Mike Bratton

My experience began, oddly enough, by watching Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show." As a boy, I wanted to learn how to be a better comedian, so I'd stay up past my bedtime to study Johnny as he delivered his nightly monologue. It was there that I discovered some of his guests--impressionists like Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, and Fred Travalena. As I studied them over time, I began to learn how to develop distinct dialects and impressions of my own. For example: Did you know there's a difference between an Australian accent and a New Zealander accent? It's subtle, but it's there; I once surprised a server at an Outback Steakhouse (as well as my family) when I asked her how long she'd been in the States after she left New Zealand. She said that I was the first person in the U.S. who didn't think she had an Australian accent. When you use my services, you get that kind of attention to detail. Theater Scholarship, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee Host/producer/comedy/voiceover talent featured on: WGKX, WVIM, and WOGY (Memphis, Tennessee) WTNV and Total Reach Television (Jackson, Tennessee) WOGI (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) As a Christian, I have a guiding principle for any type of performance I do. It's found in Ephesians 4:29, and it reads like this: "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." In a nutshell, I make it a point not to do anything on the air that doesn't, in some way, lift up the person watching or listening. If that sounds odd to you, we probably won't work well together; however, if that's the way you work, we should talk.