Porter

Porter Mason is all things to all people, and, through extreme hypnosis, he has also succeeded in fooling all the people all of the time. Porter hails from Virginia Beach, Virginia originally, and despite hailing from there, he has never hailed a cab there, nor is he certain that those two uses of the verb “hailing” are spelled the same.

A cartoonist since age 5, Porter was the author of the incredibly popular comic strip, “Johnny, The Mediocre Human” which wowed Virginia Beach and Duke audiences alike. After they were wowed, the audiences took vows with cows, bowed, tripped over their plows and said, “Ow! And how!” After his audience ceased rhyming, Porter published a book of cartoons, entitled Prince Quirky, and sold many copies of them. He still has some available books. Contact him and he’ll sell you one. Please.

As far as T.J. Monkey’s goes, Porter is in charge of running improv practices and being anal about performances. You see, the biggest problem with most other, lesser members of T.J. Monkey’s, is that they don’t do things exactly as Porter says. It’s very frustrating for him, and yet he bravely pushes on…

Porter majored in Chemistry while at Duke; this has basically nothing to do with anything involving comedy but is submitted as more of a “fun fact” for you fans, or “Porterheads” as many people say.

In addition to improv and sketch comedy with T.J. Monkey’s and his cartoons, Porter is hard at work on several screenplays. He has read Screenwriting for Dummies, How to Write a Screenplay in 21 Days, The Idiot’s Guide to Screenwriting, Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Screenwriting (But Were Afraid to Ask), and “Teen People: The Screenwriting Issue” in order to better prepare him for this task.

Porter’s favorite film is Rushmore, his favorite band is Weezer, his favorite book is Pure Drivel, and his favorite person is you.