Stuart Mitchell (born April 1, 1950), known professionally as Heywood Banks, is an American comedian, and writer and performer of humorous songs.
[1] His wife suggested he develop a few characters after they visited Los Angeles in 1987 and found many other comedians doing similar things as him.
[1][4] In 1988, he won the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search national finals, which gave him a television appearance on A&E's An Evening at the Improv, aired on October 19, 1988.
[5][4] Later the same year, he won the Miller Lite Comedy Search regional finals held in Clinton Township, Michigan.
[10] Banks' "The Revenge Song" (also known as "You Can Be Mean to Me") was performed on American Idol on January 16, 2007, by an "urban Amish"[12] singer called Troy.