
Michael Colton
Michael Colton (born 1975) is a an American screenwriter, producer, comedian, and former journalist. Colton was a staff writer for the Washington Post Style section and has also written for the New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe. While a senior at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, he co-wrote the SAT guide "Up Your Score." He graduated in 1997 from Harvard University, where he was an editor at both the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Crimson. Before moving to Los Angeles, Colton and Aboud founded and ran Modern Humorist (2000-2003), an award-winning online magazine and comedy collective based in Brooklyn. In addition to a daily magazine, Modern Humorist published three books with Crown Publishing, including the best-selling My First Presidentiary: A Scrapbook by George W. Bush. Modern Humorist also helped develop ad campaigns for Microsoft, Time Warner Cable and Amazon. For most of the ’00s, Colton and Aboud appeared regularly as panelists on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows. They also appeared on I Love the 70s/80s/90s/00s etc. They have been panelists, separately and together, on CNN, Fox News, ABC News, CMT, NPR, The Today …
Acting
- 2009100 Most Shocking Music MomentsSelf5 ep.
- 2009The Great Debate6 ep.
- 2008I Love the New MillenniumSelf8 ep.
- 2006I Love the '70s: Volume 2Self10 ep.
- 2005I Love the '90s: Part Deux10 ep.
- 2004Best Week Ever130 ep.
- 1999Judging AmyAAG Craig James1 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2021AcapulcoWriter1 ep.
- 2021Home EconomicsExecutive Producer, Writer42 ep.
- 2020Close EnoughExecutive Producer, Writer31 ep.
- 2011Allen GregoryWriter1 ep.
- 2008LeverageWriter2 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2002Judging AmyAAG Craig James1 ep.
Also known as: Mike Colton · Colton & Aboud