Mitch English
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Mitch English is an American
United States
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 morning
Breakfast television
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 talk show
Talk show
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 host, comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

, and weatherman
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...

.

English's goofy, often spontaneous comedy is heavily influenced by comedian David Letterman
David Letterman
David Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...

. He is most known currently for being the host of the nationally syndicated morning television show, The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated breakfast television news and infotainment program. The show is produced by Fisher Communications and is owned and distributed by ACME Communications; it is broadcast every weekday morning from studios at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida...

, and is the last remaining original anchor on the program, having been on the show since its launch in September 2002. English has also filled in for Dave Price
Dave Price
For the American publisher with the same name see Dave Price .Dave Price was a reporter and weatherman for CBS's The Early Show until he and Maggie Rodriguez were let go in an effort to boost last place ratings.Before his broadcasting career, Price spent eight years as a corporate human resources...

 on WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....

 in New York City
New York City
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. He is also known for his wide variety of impersonations and voice characterizations, mostly comical.

Mitch began his broadcasting career at radio stations WWJB
WWJB
WWJB is a radio station broadcasting a full service format. Licensed to Brooksville, Florida, USA, the station is owned by the Hernando Broadcasting Company...

, WDJR, WESP
WESP
WESP is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to Dothan, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Wiregrass Region...

 in the early 1990s and moved into television soon after. His television career began at WTVY-TV in Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...

. He was later hired at KUWB-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

. He is married and is a father of four children.
English is a stand-up comedian and travels with his The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated breakfast television news and infotainment program. The show is produced by Fisher Communications and is owned and distributed by ACME Communications; it is broadcast every weekday morning from studios at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida...

 Co-Host, Andy Campbell, around the country on the The Big and Tall Comedy Tour.

English's production company is modern cow, Inc.

Personal life

He currently lives in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. English is a Latter-day Saint.

English has a video podcast available on iTunes
ITunes
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.

Trademark lines

  • "...And SO!"
  • "I'll see ya when I look at ya"
  • "Now here's what happening in your zipcode"
  • "Back to y'all at the Big Kids' Desk"

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