Episode #223
Bobcat Goldthwait
Books mentioned
Twilight
Mentioned by Bobcat Goldthwait · at 00:29:02
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The Bible
Mentioned by Bobcat Goldthwait · at 00:16:50
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Bobcat Goldthwait reflects on his stand-up career, film work, writing, Catholic upbringing, and evolution from broad character-based comedy to more personal material. He and Joe discuss his sobriety, controversies involving extreme reality television, and experiences performing with Nirvana and Michael Bolton. The conversation also covers mental health, cultural criticism, technology, social media, and unusual crime and vampire stories.
What they talked about
- Heckling incidents and crowd dynamics
- Opening for Nirvana and stage antics
- Making movies like Shakes the Clown and World's Greatest Dad
- Police Academy and Hollywood experiences
- Fear Factor and bizarre stunts (horse semen, donkey jizz)
- Critique of reality TV and cultural distractions
- Alimony and divorce
- Internet anonymity and social media
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