Thank you for this. I was lucky enough to meet Barry during the Air America days. I was in a bit of a nose dive after a divorce and without really trying he helped pull me out of it. As a comedian and a human it is difficult to describe his massive presence and his shocking level of sincerity about all things,… Read more

Saw the film in Boston last month, followed by a Q/A with Bobcat and Barry. Thought it was really great, and I had never heard of the guy. Just a well-told story about an interesting life.
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I should have "decent semi-powerful"
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After watching the video, Crimmins, Goldthwait, and Williams make me think there's secret society of semi-powerful persons who keep society from collapsing in complete inhumanity and chaos.
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Barry Crimmins was on the Majority Report last Friday - pretty sure it was in the free-to-everyone first half. That’s his fellow Air America guy Sam Seder’s podcast, for which I am NOT a paid shill. I just happened to hear him on there.
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I got to see it at IFF Boston in April with Bobcat and Barry. Great experience.
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I don’t intend to be mean-spirited, but you really need to work on your interviewing skills. You should practice on friends or something.
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Great read Joe! This is the stuff that keeps bringing me back. Now please excuse me while I fall down the Ron Bennington Rabbit Hole for awhile. Read more

I couldn’t find it on YouTube and I’m sure it’s behind the paywall at this point, but if you can track down Barry’s episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast it is well worth a listen. Like a lot of comedy nerds I had heard of Barry tangentially, a lot of times from Maron as he liked to recall a specific aside Barry would… Read more

Good interview budday.
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Not so BTW, “Shakes The Clown” is a good movie. When it was first released, the clown thing was a big negative. Nobody understood it was a metaphor for "stand up" Viewed in that light.....
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Remember when he gets to the point where he’s got so much legal trouble he’s up onstage complaining about his legal trouble?

DON’T! Not until you skewer all the Major League Teams, and maybe a few minor league teams too. Read more

Please do the Chicago White Sox. Promotions are the only way they can draw people to their cookie cutter park. Read more

No comment on Collectible Truck Day? You’re slipping. Read more

“2000 World Series replica ring for kids 14 and under”. That means, mathematically, none of those kids were even alive when they won that Series. Read more

They make me laugh out loud. Isn't that the point? Carry on, sir. Carry on!
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Speaking of comics, you and Scocca need to bring back the Funny Paper comics thing again. That was the best.
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“Guests”
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I’m still waiting for Cory Lidle’s “skydiving” bobblehead Read more