The Aces are MICHAEL FETTERS and SHELLEY MCLENDON, and they are the newest and tallest sketch comedy group in America. This is where you’ve seen Michael and Shelley together: ROAD HOUSE: The Play!, SWEAT, ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE, and in a little short film called TIME BIKE.
You’ve seen MICHAEL in GRIMM, the music vid for CAKE’s MOUSTACHE MAN, THE AUTEUR, and Pioneer Middle School’s adaptation of ARSENIC and OLD LACE. He’s good. REAL good: “… Michael Fetters (is) a master of impish expressiveness.” (The Oregonian)
You’ve seen SHELLEY in The LIBERATORS, MORTIFIED and on LIVE WIRE!, and she had one line in an episode of PORTLANDIA. People seem to like her: “She has a Jennifer Saunders-like mutability, serving up knowing performances…” (Chicago Tribune)
When they first met, they didn’t think either one of them liked each other. It’s a miracle this show is happening at all. Their personal brand of comedy can be described as The Who meets Peaches and Herb.
