FEAR Features: Mike Polk

You may not know who this guy is. And if you’re not from Cleveland, you really don’t know who this guy is. He’s no big name. He’s not hugely successful. But last year, during one of the Inside the NBA on TNT shows with Charles Barkley, two of his co-anchors made fun of how much Sir Charles hates Cleveland. He hates coming here. Hates doing commentary during the playoffs here. Hates LeBron James. Hates, hates, hates. I’m not a fan of Cleveland either, but I’m from here so I get to talk about it if I want. It’s like having that annoying sibling you can’t stand and beat up every chance you get, but give a black eye to the kid up the street if he tries to do the same because, dude. That’s MY sibling. Only I get to talk about them.

To reward Sir Charles for his vitriol and show a modicum of empathy, a local comedian (that would be Mike Polk) made the following tourism video which aired on a night where Charles would be sure to see it and comment:



All of a sudden, we were famous for being a joke. Again. On national television. What you have to understand about us Clevelanders, though, is we have thick skin. We’ve heard it all before. We know we’re the joke. We’re laughing with you. Sure, sometimes we get offended and want to kick your teeth in. But then our rivers burst into flames, or we make lame attempts at having professional football and baseball teams, and then we’re all, yeah. We suck. Hahahahahaha. Ha. Ha. Whooo-o-o-o.

So take a look at Mike Polk if you live here, used to live here, were born here, know people from here, or just want to commiserate with us. Hey, we’re on the verge of losing LeBron James. Pretty soon, we’ll actually be worse than Detroit.

Yay us.