on season 17 of "America's Got Talent."
I got married to an older woman.
I got a stepson.
It's cool being a parent to a kid that's close to your age.
I call him step-man.
You know, I auditioned for "AGT"
because I've been doing stand-up
for close to 20 years,
performing in random clubs,
sleeping in hostels.
I seen what "AGT" does for all their artists,
and I felt like it was good lane for me to step into.
- If you do not get voted... - He will.
- Into the finals, you come open up for me.
- Stop it!
- The act in the top 5 is...
Drake Miller! Yeah!
- [sighs] I was devastated.
You know, the way I got sent home,
it actually pushed me to work harder.
Ever since I left "America's Got Talent,"
it's just been nothing but star-studded life experiences.
and none of that would have been possible without "AGT."
I get a lot of material from my family.
I've been using them to come up
with what I think is my funniest set ever.
- They're ready for you.
- There's a lot of people that say winning
is just making it to the finals.
I'm not one of those.
I like the title,
and I'm going to take everybody out...
by any means necessary.
[upbeat music]
[laughs]
[cheers and applause]
- Whoa!
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
Love you! - Thank you.
- Aha! Aha! Aha!
- He gets a standing ovation and hasn't said a word!
- I love him.
- Thank you very much, everybody!
- For the odd person that is watching at home
or doesn't know, you are a superstar
from this last season, season 17...
- Yes. - On "AGT."
You blew up. You're a comic superstar.
I know you've been traveling.
I know I offered you a job with me opening up.
You haven't had time. - I haven't had time.
- That's how busy--People are recognizing you on the street.
With all that going on, why come back for more?
- Here's the thing-- I didn't win.
That's why I was here. - There you go.
- I wanted the title.
I wanted to be the first comedian ever,
and then when I left, I was devastated.
- Good for you.
- So, when I got the call, I never stopped working,
and I just kept tightening, brightening,
fixing everything, you know?
You want a show! - Yes, we do!
- No more questions. Give us the show.
[cheers and applause] - I love him for saying that.
- Let's do the show? - He came to win.
[cheers and applause]
[Salt-N-Pepa's "Shoop"]
There he is!
There's my smile!
- Thank you. Thank you.
All right!
Okay.
So "AGT" has been changing my life,
but it's been changing my family's life even more,
especially my stepson.
For those of you that don't know, my wife's older.
I got a stepson. We, like, the same age.
I call him step-man, all right?
And he's been exhibiting unusual behavior
because he's upset that I portrayed him on the show
as irresponsible and gets in trouble in school,
so he's been trying to prove he's responsible
by buying products around the house with my money.
And I didn't even know.
I walked in on him eating his cereal.
I'm like, "Hey, don't waste that milk."
He's like, "I bought it."
Okay. Ah!
And he doesn't waste the milk.
He walks the bowl of milk past the sink
and places the bowl of milk inside of the refrigerator.
So, first, I'm like, "Who reuses cereal milk?"
But then I was like, "How good would my cereal taste
"double Cocoa Puffed up?
"All these years I've been single-milking it.
I just needed my milk to marinate."
The fame is affecting step-man.
He's been invited to all these parties,
but he's been staying out too late.
So my wife and I, we've been deciding how to handle it.
I'm like, "I don't know what to do."
She's like, "Go get him."
I drove around the corner to pick him up.
I came home three hours later.
She said, "Michael, you been drinking?"
I'm like, "We got some of the same friends.
"Everybody was there.
"He's still there.
"I'm going to go get him again.
I'll find out why you weren't invited."
And on top of all of that,
I have responsibilities in the community.
I'm a little-league coach.
Yes. [cheering]
Yeah.
Yeah, we have a 12-year-old together.
Yeah, that's the one we call "Real Kid."
And they call me Coach Fro 'cause I can't fit the hat.
I just set it on top.
I love coaching, you know?
I just hate when kids get hit by the pitch
because it is not supposed to be funny.
Baseball is a game of technique.
When the ball's coming at you, you turn, and you brace.
But a lot of the kids, they get afraid,
and they get hit in the worst places,
like the center of the back, and I see it happen.
The ball's coming, and they turn,
they're like, "Oh!
Oh! Oh!"
And the worst thing you can do when you're holding in
your laugh is look at another person.
You know...
[strained laughter]
And the kid's like, "I can hear you!
"The pitch was 25 miles per hour.
She's trying to kill me!"
Hey, you guys, I'm Mike E. Winfield.
Thank you very much. - No, don't stop!
- Thank you, America! [cheers and applause]
- Standing O for Mike E.!
- Thank you very much! Thank you all!
[cheers and applause]
- Wow.
Heidi?
- I love you.
There's that superstar smile.
You do. You do have that superstar smile,
and you are that ray of sunshine.
And I love you. You're hilarious.
And I will be double-milking from now.
- Thank you, Heidi.
- I will do it tomorrow morning.
- Mike, you know what?
I think if you had done that routine in the final,
it might have been a completely different story
because you've come back funnier, more confident.
I can even see it in your eyes
how much this means to you right now.
- It means everything. - I know that.
- Thank you. - I can see that.
- This is what I've been wanting forever.
I wanted "AGT"--I've been doing this for, like, 20 years.
And you go unnoticed, then you finally get a platform.
There's no time to take off or put on brakes.
I'm here to play.
[cheers and applause]
- I know, soak it in. It's all yours.
- You know what, Mike?
Love, love, love people who compete,
and I wasn't expecting to do this, but I'm going to do it.
[cheers and applause]
- Well, you can tell everybody ♪
You can tell everybody, go ahead and tell everybody ♪
I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the man ♪
Well, you can tell everybody ♪
You can tell everybody
- The Golden Buzzer for Mike E. Winfield!
[cheers and applause]
- Come here, you.
- Oh, my God. - Wow!
- Oh! - I love what you said.
I really did. - Thank you, Simon.
Thank you, Simon. I appreciate it.
Thank you, Simon. - I really like you.
- Thank you.
- Mike E. Winfield!
You are going straight to the "All-Star" finale!
[cheers and applause]
- Simon, amazing!
- Dude, I see you getting emotional up there, man.
- This is "All-Stars" and--
I am. I'm trying to hold it back, man,
but this is, like, the dream.