Kevin Pollak, courtesy Showtime
THE LITTLEST SUSPECT – KEVIN POLLAK
Friendly Rating: Middle school and older.
Safety Rating: Some language issues, but mostly mild.
Quality Rating: Slow start, but ultimately funny.
One-hour special airing on Showtime at 11 p.m.
I’m surprised this special airs so late at night. Unlike most stand up comedians, Pollak is not dropping f-bombs every which way or making jokes about his or other genetalia. Okay, there are a few naughty words, but they’re minimal. That he’s a bit of a stinker, well, that’s comedy. And he is very funny.
Pollak has been known mostly for the celebrity impressions he does – William Shatner, Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are the three most featured here. The advantage here is that even if your kids never saw Columbo or Little Miss Sunshine or any of the above guys, Pollak is funny enough that his bits are funny standing on their own. Such as calling a TV interview show as the guest star and claiming that the guy being interviewed is a fake. The bit, itself, is funny.
Hopefully, it won’t inspire any phone pranks from your offspring. And you may want to emphasize that Pollak is playing jokes on friends of his. But, hey, if phone pranks are the worst your kids get into (and I mean the harmless “is your fridge running, better catch it kind.”), then you are golden.
