Michael Burbank is the television studio executive who ‘discovered’ Funny Lady at a yacht party in the 1960s. He was responsible for her getting Funny Lady her own show ('Funny Lady Tonight!') and finally backing down on his demand that she not be funny (due to fear that American audiences would not be ready for her). According to the docu-series 'Who Is Funny Lady?' Burbank later joined a sex cult and changed his name to 'Brother Goodboy'.