I do Sketch Comedy with a swell group of fellas called Last Call Cleveland. We're hella tight and we're fun to be around. I do stand up as well. And by "as well" I mean I do it also, not that I do it as well as I do sketch comedy. But I do. Do it as well.
I am a writer for HBO Lab/Runaway Box. I still don't know what it is either, but we make some decent stuff some times.
Website
lastcallcleveland.com
Mike Polk's Interests
General
Varied and unremarkable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fZTCjj28eY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoZ1UQ11cYQ
My musical tastes are easliy divided into just a few categories:
-------Whiney folky guitar music sung by tiny skinny guys with bangs hanging in their eyes singing songs about their ex girlfriends and what an asshole George Bush is:-
Ben Folds, Ryan Adams, Beck, Wilco, Radiohead, Cake, Shins, Ray Lamontagne, Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Belle and Sebastian, Weezer, Damien Rice.-------
70’s Classic Cock Rock type stuff with bluesy or Southern influences that you legally have to listen to while roofing or painting your garage:
Allman Brothers, Boston, Skynard, Doobie Brothers, Journey, Seger. Petty.------
Faggy Bombastic Guys that Sing songs that sound like they should be in Godspell, but aren’t.-------
Elton John, George Michael, Prince, Queen. The Cure.------
Real Blues not played by white teenaged guitar prodigy boys who grew up in a Cul de Sac:
Buddy Guy, B.B., Stevie Ray, Dr. John, Buckwheat Zydeko, Muddy Waters, Bill Broonzy, Robert Lockwood, John Lee Hooker.------
A Few Curveballs:
Jay Z, Luda, Busta, Stevie Wonder, White Stripes, Lawrence Welk, The Cars, The Bangles, M.C. Chris, Rusted Root, Blues Traveler------
And False Gods:
Beatles, Van Morrison, and CSNY.------
Movies
Horrible horror movies where it looks like the director isn't even trying and doesn't even care, where he's usually in it, as the hero, even though he's not good looking enough to be the hero, and he casts some kind of cute girl as his love interest so that he can force a girl to kiss him.
--------Rushmore-------The Graduate--------Casablanca----------Pulp Fiction----------Big Trouble In Little China--------The Apartment--------Holy Grail-------The Thin Red Line-------------It's A Wonderful Life----------Bottle Rocket---------The Quiet Man---------L.A. Confidential
Television
All Turner Classic Movies when life was black and white and bad guys were bad and good guys were good and love existed and punches sounded awesome. Simpsons. Arrested development. British Office. American Office (to a lesser degree, because I'm pretentious). Flight of the Conchords. Hilarious talking head shows on Fox News. Anything on the History Channel. Most things on the Discovery Channel. 30 Rock. Saturday afternoon movies on TBS and TNT and shit that I own on DVD but still insist on watching on TV with commercials and no swearing. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Any Cleveland Sports Games with the exception of soccer, hockey, high school games, and anything women are playing. Columbo.
Books
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater. CITR. Catch 22. Al Franken. David Sedaris. Shitty, predictable Grisham novels. Inflamatory Leftist Dogma That Doesn't Fairly Present an Opposing Viewpoint.
About me: I decided to join myspace when I turned 30, because I wanted to be officially creepy before I took the plunge.
I'm a bad listener in that I appear to be hearing what you're saying by maintaining excellent eye contact, but I'm not really listening to a word. I'm liberal unless it's inconvenient for me.
Who I'd like to meet: Larry from Three's Company. Hall. (I've met Oates). An Asian girl with low self esteem. H.L. Mencken. Some Treasure. David Lee Roth.
I just saw your video on tosh.o! i heard your name and i knew that everyone watching was in for a treat. ps, how was the monster truck rally on sunday? hahaha
Thanks for the add mike, I'm loving the pic of you with that fake horse. You need to come down to Orange County! We need funny guys like you around here, there's a drought right now.
Dude, I know you don't answer fan stuff all that often, but I also know that your a comic and if anyone could make sense of this you could. I found this looking through craigslist in Dayton, Ohio.
And if nothing else it'll be the easiest fifty bucks you'll ever make.
Thanks a lot for the add, I saw you were trying to get interns a few years ago for the summer, do you still need any help? I might be moving to Akron for school in August and I have a and HD videocamera and would love to help out if I could, anywho keep up the great work, enjoy the summer!
HA! I love the new "fathers day" video! I'm a big fan.. If your around (in the cleveland area) on July 18th please meet up with me and my girl friends.. I'm turning freak'n THIRTY!
I have GOT to come see you live in Cleveland one of these days...still lovin' your videos & your humor! Thanks for taking the time to post an awesome comment on my page...celebrity you!
Honestly I was just seeing if that was an automatic response to an approved friend request. That is real cool that you will respond to fans even though you are getting famous. It is a whole lot cooler than when you are in school and write a letter to the president and you get a letter back that is just the same printed letter that anyone would get after sending him a letter. I'm not saying that you are up tp the president's stature on the famous scale, but much cooler.
Your automated response doesn't make sense. I feel dumb for not catching the humor, but I have never heard the word “rumpus” used in such a manner. I know I read to much into something that will not even be responded to but I am just plain confused.
Thank you for delaying my date with internet porn.
Good to know U! Man in the Box saved me from irreversible depression due to extensive burden from university>_< Keep up the good work, it's appreciated
