- "Good evening, Cisco networkers, welcome! My name is Michael Meehan and welcome to BattleBots Las Vegas 2006... and it sounds like we've got a competition, ladies and gentlemen!"
- — Michael Meehan introduces the Cisco event[2]
Michael Meehan is an American comedian, actor, director and artist who served as presenter and announcer for the private BattleBots Cisco Party in 2006.
His role involved introducing the competition to Cisco employees. Though he did not provide a running commentary, Meehan typically provided input as a robot was declared immobile and announced winners of judges' decisions.
Outside BattleBots[]
Michael Meehan riding a unicycle in 2017.
The 2006 BattleBots event was not Meehan's first involvement in combat robotics. He previously held the same role over decade prior, during four US Robot Wars events held in San Francisco, California between 1994 and 1997.
Meehan is best known for his career in stand-up comedy, enjoying a career extending over 35 years. He has featured on a multitude of television shows and films, including The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Last Comic Standing, notably starring as a warm-up act for the late Robin Williams. He acted in the short film The Story of Sputnik (2008) and directed the feature-length comedy film Hey, Monster, Hands Off My City! (2014). Alongside his brothers Christopher and Howard, Michael Meehan featured in The Meehan Brothers Show in 2012.
More recently, the San Francisco-based comedian made an appearance at the January 2023 SF Sketchfest event.