Mike Shanks is a comedian and producer in Fredonia, N.Y. He performed at the Lookout Comedy Festival in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Des Moines Comedy Festival in Iowa and the Ithaca Comedy Festival. Shanks was a finalist in the Funniest Person in Rochester contest and the Chataqua’s Got Talent. He won the New Comic Night at the Comedy at the Carlson in Rochester in 2023.