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ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER • EXPIRES 11/30/06 (NOT VALID ON HRIDAYS) NEW LOWER PRICED LUNCH MENU FRIDAYS ONLY I 33210 W. 14 Mile Road In Simsbury Plaza Just East of Farmington Road West Bloomfield 11, RISTORANTE (248) 538-8954 ewish comedian Mike Young is coming home for the holidays, and he's bringing a bunch of his young comic pals with him. They'll take the stage Wednesday, Nov. 22 — Thanksgiving Eve — at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, the last stop of a 21-city gig appropriately named "Mike Young's Young American Comedy Tour." Young, who grew up in Southfield and now lives in California, is the star of the show and its emcee. He's also the promoter, along with his brother, Robert, of Commerce Township. "The Thanksgiving holiday is a time when family and friends reunite for fun, reminiscing and laughs, and that's exactly what we'll do that night," says Young from his Beverly Hills, Calif., apartment. He'll hang around the Detroit area to visit with his mother, Gail Young of West Bloomfield, a retired Southfield teacher, and attend the 20th reunion of his Southfield- Lathrup High School class Nov. 25 at the Dearborn Inn. His late father, Sam, operated Young Iron and Metal in Detroit. Young and his brother developed the comedy tour concept, which, Mike says, "brings together some of the best comedians on the verge of hitting the big time. I realized I was sitting on a goldmine of talent, and the tal- ent happened to be my friends. So, I figured, 'Why not put us together and create our own tour?' We're all brought together by a mutual love and respect for stand-up." The other five comedians in the show are Tony Rock and Steve Byrne of New York City, Sebastian Maniscalco of Chicago, and Brett Ernst and former Detroiter Jessica Golden of Los Angeles. Rock has made appearances on sev- eral television shows and recently fin- ished shooting a movie called Homie Spumoni with Whoopi Goldberg. Byrne filmed a documentary, titled 13 or Bust, in which he breaks the record of most performances in one night by a stand-up comedian. Maniscalco has a deliberately paced style acquired in training with the renowned Second City-Chicago. Ernst is taping a show for MTV this month and soon will be seen in theaters in Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour — The Movie. Golden just performed in town at an ADL benefit comedy night (see "Funny Ladies," page 47, Nov. 9 IN, for more on Golden). "We all have different styles, so there's something for everyone in the audience," Young points out. "There's not a weak link in the chain. I prefer observational humor — about dat- ing, breaking up, dating again and breaking up again. I'm almost single. Actually, I broke up with my girl friend 11 months ago, but we've never been closer; I talk to her every day." The multitalented Young, 38, also will sing a few songs from his CD, Work in Progress, a mixture of com- edy and hip-hop, rock and rap music. Traveling around the country to about 100 stand-up dates a year gives him plenty of time to write gags and songs — "and I see many movies on the road," he adds. "But I love perform- ing, because. I always wanted to be an entertainer. I was the class clown in school. I used to make jokes and day- dream. Performing now is a lot tough- er. You really have to connect with the audience to make your act go over." Playing Southfield Little League baseball and hockey, then joining the high school varsity teams "had a strong influence on my life:' Young reminisces, "as did my bar mitzvah at Temple Israel. "To this day, I spend the Jewish holidays with relatives in California. And I've observed Passover on the road, but it's difficult celebrating the holidays when you travel a lot." Young took a liking to Arizona after visiting a cousin there, so he pur- sued his degree in media arts at the University of Arizona. Even though he moved to California 10 years ago, he formed Red Leaf Productions in Farmington Hills — named after his old Southfield street — and began