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Mike E. Winfield Makes AGT Go Crazy With Laughter

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Mike E. Winfield is quick to win the hearts of audiences and judges alike as the talented stand-up comic made his way onstage during his audition on America's Got Talent. Taking in the experience with each step in front of the judges.

Mike E. Winfield

Quick to respond to judge Sofia Vergara's question about his age with a flurry of jokes making the Modern Family celeb burst into laughter as Mike E. Winfield would respond with "I'm like 20s and 30s and stuff." Quickly cementing his way into America's hearts.

The Baltimore native would reveal he had been performing his stand-up comedy routine for the last 15 years, retelling the tale of his first performance, where Mike E. Winfield would indicate he had frozen during his initial performance.

Mike E. Winfield

"Why is it when you hate your job they won't fire you?" A hilarious joke that got the entire audience at the show's live showing bursting into tears as Mike E. Winfield would drop into his routine with an assortment of jokes featuring his former job.

Continuing his routine, it would be revealed the job he had quit was at a local grocery store, where the comic would be stationed at the end of the store's self-checkout lane. A position Mike W. Winfield would refer to as the "steal department."

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Mike E. Winfield would retell an assortment of stories featuring shoppers stealing from the store. One, in particular, he would burst into laughter as he revealed a shopper creating beeps with his mouth for items that shouldn't be rung up featuring a beep.

Following a standing ovation, the judges would throw compliment after compliment toward Mike E. Winfield, with judge Heidi Klum calling his face "cute" before all four judges would send him through to the next round.