| Michael Colton | |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard University |
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| Spouse: | Carla Pereira |
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Michael Colton (born 1975) is an American screenwriter and former journalist.[1] With writing partner John Aboud, he was a regular commentator on Best Week Ever and other VH1 shows, including I Love the '80s.[2]
Colton attended Newton North High School in Massachusetts, where he wrote a humor column for the student newspaper.[3] He graduated from Harvard University, where he was an editor at both the Harvard Lampoon and The Harvard Crimson.[3]
He married lawyer and Harvard alum Carla Pereira on May 30, 2004.[4]
Colton has co-written the films A Futile and Stupid Gesture,[5] Penguins of Madagascar and The Comebacks. He has also co-produced the television series Close Enough and and written for Childrens Hospital and Leverage.[1] In 2021, he co-created the ABC television series Home Economics.
In the late 1990s, Colton was a journalist at The Washington Post.[6] He has also written for The New York Times Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, The New York Observer, the Washington City Paper, Brill's Content, and McSweeney's.[1]
During the Writers Guild of America strike of 2007–2008, Colton and Aboud created the website AMPTP.com, a parody of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers' official website, AMPTP.org.[7] [8]
From 2000 to 2003, Colton and Aboud ran Modern Humorist, an entertainment company based in Brooklyn, best known for its online magazine.[3] [9]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | VH1 Big in 03 | Consultant | |
| 2004 | The Wrong Coast | Writer | |
| 2004 | I Love the '90s | Himself/Panelist | |
| 2005 | Last Laugh '05 | Consultant | |
| 2005 | CMT: 20 Merriest Christmas Videos | Himself | |
| 2005 | I Love the '90s: Part Deux | Himself | |
| 2005 | I Love the '80s 3-D | Himself | |
| 2005 | I Love the Holidays | Himself | |
| 2006 | I Love Toys | Himself | |
| 2006 | I Love the 70s: Volume 2 | Himself | |
| 2008 | I Love the New Millennium | Himself | |
| 2008 | Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins | Himself | |
| 2009 | Sit Down, Shut Up | Executive Story Editor, Writer | |
| 2009 | Black to the Future | Himself | |
| 2009 | The Great Debate | Himself | |
| 2009 | 100 Most Shocking Music Moments | Himself | |
| 2010 | Leverage | Executive Story Editor, Writer | |
| 2010 | A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti | Himself | |
| 2010 | Undateable | Himself | |
| 2011 | Allen Gregory | Writer, Co-Producer | |
| 2014 | I Love the 2000s | Himself | |
| 2014 | Newsreaders | Writer | |
| 2015 | Childrens Hospital | Writer | |
| 2016 | Writer, Producer | ||
| 2017 | The Fake News With Ted Nelms | Writer | |
| 2020 | Close Enough | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | Jeopardy! | Contestant | |
| 2021 | Acapulco | Writer | |
| 2021 | Home Economics | Co-creator, Writer, Executive Producer |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Comebacks | Writer | |
| 2014 | Penguins of Madagascar | Writer | |
| 2018 | A Futile and Stupid Gesture | Writer, Executive Producer |