Michael Stanley parody does resonate a bit: "Mike Polk is the author of 'Michael Stanley Superstar.' The 28-year-old Youngstown native formed Last Call three years ago after majoring in communications at Kent State University and working at the college television station with classmates Aaron McBride, Chad Zumock and Toby Pease. Last Call specializes in staged and televised sketch comedy, having produced six stage reviews that have garnered rave reviews from local critics. But the current show begs the question: Why Michael Stanley? Why not Eric Carmen or Sonny Geraci? 'Michael Stanley is the most famous Clevelander there is,' said Polk, who plays Stanley. 'He's this civic icon. When we'd tell people what we were working on, they never said, 'Oh, I love him or I hate him,' they always mentioned a personal encounter. 'I saw him in Heinen's. My dad knows his sister. My girlfriend waited on him in a restaurant.' People always said he was nice.' "
