Mike Damanskis

My name is Mike Damanskis.  I make funny videos for a living. My work has screened on The Today Show, The Rachel Maddow Show, Comedy Central, at South By Southwest, the CFC Worldwide short film festival, and at film festivals in over 40 cities all around the world. I was [...]

The first video for my new environmentally themed comedy channel aired on the Rachel Maddow Show!

We hoped that people would think we couldn’t spell “Kenyan”, but we were actually referring to the economic theories presented by John Maynard Keynes… Come to think of it, we still haven’t seen his economics certificate…

I co-wrote and produced this one -it reached over 1.35 million video views on YouTube and aired on the Today Show! British television show “Rude Tube” also selected it as one of the top viral videos of 2012. This is our response to “Isaac’s Live Lip-Dub Marriage Proposal“.

This short I directed for The Second City Network was accepted to SXSW 2012!

This is our response to Rick Perry’s homophobic “Strong” ad. Our response was the #3 most shared video on YouTube for two days in a row, aired on MSNBC, and racked up 1.8 million YouTube views.

Our response to Rick Santorum’s claim that even a baby from rape is a “gift from God”. I co-wrote and produced this one.