Guilt Of The Day 2/27/09: Kevin Pollak Does His First (and Hopefully Last) Vlog

Alright Mr. Pollak, you put the challenge out there — so I'll bite. Your first attempt at a YouTube vlog was, well, let's just say it was not award-worthy. In fact, I would say it's not even worthy of the time you spent making it nor the time I wasted watching it. My conclusion: you're doing it wrong.

Now, don't take this the wrong way Kevin (may I call you Kevin?); I am not a "hater" — quite the contrary — I typically enjoy your work. Maybe that's why I felt so cheated by your first vlog. The lighting was poor, the Simpsons poster in the background was tacky, and like Dustin Hoffman you should've left the hat out of it.

As for the content of your video... let's face it: there are so many others who've done Oscar commentary already, and it has pretty much all been better than yours. I mean, you're a comedian, aren't you? Do you mean to tell me that you couldn't have come up with something, anything, better than a mediocre impression of Walken (Yours is better than Spacey's, but Jay Mohr's is the best IMHO) and terrible impressions of Arkin and Shatner (Your Shatner isn't bad, but you could have at least made it relevant). I know impressions are your "thing" Kevin, but yours need more polish overall. Work on that, won't you?

I have some tips for your next vlog Kevin:

1. Lose the hat. It makes you look ol... nevermind.
2. Lose the Simpsons poster, too.
   
3. See that light on your desk? TURN IT ON.
4. Write content that's a) relevant and b) actually funny.
5. In general, stop using bad and/or stale impressions and BE MORE FUNNY.
   

Yours Truly,
Brian
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