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Arroe Collins: Unplugged & Totally Uncut

Detroit native Mike Young is a writer/director with four feature films under his belt and multiple TV projects both sold and in development. His streetwise sensibilities and observations make Young an original voice in both the comedy and drama space. Young got his start in stand up comedy. Appearing on Netflix, Showtime, Late Night with Craig Ferguson, AXTV's Live At Gotham and The Carson Daly Show, Mike opened for Joe Rogan, Bob Saget and currently for Sebastian Maniscalco on his arena tour.Young's feature debut My Man Is A Loser starring Michael Rapaport, John Stamos and Tika Sumpter was picked up by Lionsgate and crossed over a million downloads streaming. His sophomore effort the gangster comedy, A Stand Up Guy starring Danny A, Michael Rapaport, Ethan Suplee and Jay Ferguson was bought by Netflix. Young also wrote and Executive Produced Grounded starring Aaron Paul and Jeff Daniels released in 2021. Mike is currently in post production on his latest feature Stealing Jokes, an action comedy starring Sebastian Maniscalco, Felipe Esparza, Jeff Dye and Carlos (HaHa) Davis. The film follows three up-and-coming standup comics from Detroit who get tired of being shafted and set up a heist. After the release of Work In Progress his first comedy album Mike teamed up with actor/producer Tobey Maguire to develop a sitcom based on Mike's upbringing in Detroit called Forever Young.. They sold the show to ABC where Mike wrote with Chris Kelly. Maguire and Young would team up once more for a half hour scripted comedy entitled The Light for HBO with producer writer Chris Di'arenzo. HBO would prove to be a fan of Mike's writing and stand up and bought a half hour comedy from Young and producer Scott Stuber entitled Single Mike. Recently Young penned Third City, a one-hour drama set in the Detroit underworld with Eminem as Executive Producer that's in development. On the table is also The Jam Master Jay Story, the life and times of Jam Master Jay, DJ for the supergroup RUN DMC.
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