He was a bar comic who was a political satirist, and late in life he disclosed about his child abuse. It is a biopic trying to tell Barry’s story. Where my movies make hundreds of dollars, his make millions. It reminds of my relationship with Robin Williams, because Judd talks about my work and acts like we are peers, and the reality of it is, we’re not. Goldthwait is currently working with Apatow on a feature-film version of Call Me Lucky, Goldthwait’s documentary about comedian Barry Crimmins. When I met, he was complaining about that. He liked my stand-up, and he would listen to my album over and over. Before they broke I met Kurt because he wanted to interview me for a college radio station in Ann Arbor because he was a fan of my stand-up, which reminds me of how Jimi Hendrix really liked Buddy Hackett. Actually, if they did hate me, I’d still do time. I emceed, and if the crowd didn’t hate me, I’d do time. Goldthwait opened for Nirvana on their last North American tour-the one on which he famously rappelled nude from the roof of the Oakland Coliseum. And I’m just saying, I’m inclined to go to an Iggy Pop concert. And you can’t take that away from anyone who connects with someone on an emotional level. Is Michael Bolton not a good musician? You know, Michael Bolton worked for a lot of people. Some people find Richard Pryor, Andy Kaufman, and George Carlin funny, and other people find it funny to discuss where the socks go in the dryer. His question was whether I’m funny or not, and comedy is subjective. Yeah, it’s funny, after all these years he finally has an opinion about something, and it is me. And he still does the same act from 30 years ago, and that’s the filter he’s judging me through. He’s talking about my act that I probably haven’t done in 20 years. ![]() “I met Kurt because he wanted to interview me for a college radio station in Ann Arbor because he was a fan of my stand-up, which reminds me of how Jimi Hendrix really liked Buddy Hackett.” I mean, I’m happy that crowds like me, it’s nice that I can have a good crowd, but I don’t confuse that with whether I’m a good person. I think he’s a little crazy to spend that much time on his joke bashing me in the comedic sense.īut I feel that the weird part is when he confuses the love from an audience with self-worth. He has all the right to say he doesn’t like me. I really felt bad for Bridget because he was trying to make her feel bad for being my friend. ![]() I guess it goes to show that you can be very successful and very rich and still be really unhappy. But he had promoted the pilot I had worked on with Bridget on Twitter, so I thought we were all good and didn’t have a beef. In the current season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld lambasts a comedian that is understood to be Goldthwait (they beeped out his name) to guest Bridget Everett, a close friend of Goldthwait, who, in the 1990s, used to make fun of the banality of Seinfeld’s humor in his stand-up.īOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT: In his defense, I have said mean things about the guy. The best of INDY Week’s fiercely independent journalism about the Triangle delivered straight to your inbox.
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