Zing Along With Mitch

Miniskirts and Muffins and Super Retardo aren't just the names of Mitch Fatel's comedy discs — they're windows into the soul of the stand-up comic. Consider that Fatel, who is 41, recently dated a teenager. "We broke up, but there was nothing like going out with a 19-year-old," he says. "All she ate was chicken fingers. I could afford like 50 orders of chicken fingers a day. Compared to her 19-year-old friends, I was like Donald Trump. I let her order chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks one time, and she almost cried." Alas, Fatel broke up with her when she turned 20. "She put on some weight. All those chicken fingers caught up with her." Fatel appears tonight through Sunday at the Improv, at 2000 Sycamore Street in the Flats. Tickets are $17 Thursday and Sunday, $20 Friday and Saturday. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 216-696-4677 or go to clevelandimprov.com. — Ed Condran