Squeaky's might be all about clean comedy shows, but it still has its share of adult humor.

Even when the joke teller is under the age of 18.

Colton Sullivan is going to be a senior at North Central High School in the fall, but his jokes aren't all kids stuff.

And even though he doesn't use foul language, he has to be careful about offending his audience.

"I make jokes about everything from the economy and the recession to electric lawn mowers and hobos. I try to keep it pretty universal. Most of the people in my audience are well into their 40s, there are not as many high school students at a lot of these shows. But I still make jokes about teenagers and my peer group, too," said Sullivan, whose impressions of John F. Kennedy, John Lennon and George W. Bush helped him win the ASB presidency at NC this year.

Sullivan is one of the featured comedians from Squeaky's clean comedy group that appears this weekend at Players & Spectators Casino, 12828 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley.

While Sullivan is the baby of the bunch, the group consists of college students and graduates as well as a security guard at Whitworth University. Also performing with this weekend's Squeaky's show is Lance Paullin, who may be familiar to local music showgoers as Paullin often appears during intermission sets at Platform Booking shows and various community events.

After one of Squeaky's organizers caught Sullivan's act during an area high school theatre festival he was invited to join the budding all-ages comedy show.

Sullivan's parents introduced him to comedy at a young age, starting with Marx Brothers movies around age six. Among his influences are Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld and George Carlin.

"It's been an amazing experience to work with all sorts of different local comedians and performing at casinos and everything," Sullivan said. "And it works out that it's a clean show since I'm still in high school."

In Sullivan's experience, you don't have to swear to be offensive, but it helps.

"The audience is very varied. I get everything, the teenage demographic, atheists, 30-year-old Tea Party members, Sarah Palin followers... and so I have to write with everyone in mind. That's why I write my jokes without blatantly antagonizing a group of people. The point is to tell your jokes without making enemies, or to make fun of people without turning them against me. And that's where the clean comes in," Sullivan said. "As long as you don't swear, anything goes."

Squeaky's clean comedy show with Meghan Flaherty, Colton Sullivan and Lance Paullin.

When, where: Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. at Players & Spectators Casino, 12828 E. Sprague Ave.

Tickets: $5

A version of this story appeared in today's Spokesman-Review Newspaper.