Mike Trainor (born February 6, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian and writer. Currently, Trainor is a writer, producer, and on-air performer for ''

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'', and has several recurring characters on the show including Jeff the Drunk's "Lump", Bobo's "Toupee", the Hulk, and others. He also provided commentary on the

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series '' truTV Presents: World's Dumbest''.

Personal life

Trainor grew up in

West Orange, New Jersey West Orange is a suburban Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 48,843, an increase of 2,636 (+5.7%) from t ...

. He began performing

stand-up comedy Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage (theatre), stage and delivers humour, humorous and satire, satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical comedy, physical acts. These ...

in the summer of 2003 after graduating from

Elon University Elon University is a private university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1889 as Elon College, the university is organized into six schools, most of which offer bachelor's degrees and several of which offer master's degrees or ...

. Trainor is a member of the

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Career

Trainor began his career in

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. Trainor also started off his career working for the radio stations Q104.3 and WCBS 880 and at the television news station

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. Trainor has been featured in ''

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'' and for a while was a regular contributor to CollegeHumor.com. From 2004 to 2006 he was the co-host and producer of the show "Four Quotas" on

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alongside Steve Hofstetter. In 2012 Trainor was featured in a Golden Corral ad campaign. Trainor currently is a writer and producer for ''

''. He also provided humorous commentary on the show '' TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest...''.

Publishing

In 2009, Trainor released a book, ''Fat Things: They Might Not Make You Fat, But You Have Them in Common with Fat People'', published by Giant Books.

Albums

In 2010, Trainor released his first

comedy album A comedy album is an audio recording of comedic material from a comedian or group of comedians, usually performed either live or in a studio. Comedy albums may feature skits, humorous songs, and/or live recording of stand-up comedy performan ...

, ''Giant'', via Next Round Entertainment.

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