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By LEE CLONTZ
Staff Writer
As both comedian and actor, Bobcat Goldthwait has
been making audiences laugh for more than 10 years.
He is currently taking a break from acting to return to
stand-up comedy and will be performing at Carolina
Coliseum tomorrow night
Goldthwait is no stranger to comedy, having
worked as a full-time comedian since the age of 18.
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phone interview.
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He became a comedian because, "I don't know. ]
wanted to perform, and I'm no threat to Rob Lowe."
He said his intentions of becoming a musician were
thwarted because, "I'm a hideous musician. My besl
musical talent is knowing that I'm a bad musician."
Perhaps because of this confessed lack of talent,
Goldthwait was expelled from a punk rock band, "The
Dead Ducks," at the age of 15. Following this, he became
a comedian, eventually moving to Boston. He
appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman," and
then moved to San Francisco. Not long after, he was
asked to appear as Zed in Police Academy 2.
'That was a double-edged sword," Goldthwait said.
"It was a lot of fun, and it got me my HBO special."
He is reluctant to critique his own film work, because,
as he states, "A lot of it embarrasses me . ..
and I'm happy just to be in movies." He does admil
that his favorite film work was his performance oppo
site Bill Murray in Scrooged.
Goldthwait is also excited about his next film pro
ject which he wrote and directed. Shakes the Clown
which should be released by the end of the year, star;
Goldthwait because "we couldn't afford John Goodman."
He describes the project, also starring Florence
Henderson in a rather bizarre career move, as "one oi
the finest alcoholic clown movies ever made."
Regardless of his movie ambitions, Goldthwait is
still at his best on stage, where his wildfire bombardment
of barely- contained dementia leaves audiences
wanting more.
"I'd rather do stand-up than movies," Goldthwail
said. "I'll always like it"
Goldthwait said he draws most of his comedy material
from the environment in which he lives, but
generally leaves his personal life out of it "I don't
like to talk about myself," Goldthwait said. "I don't
think my personal life is important for my show."
Goldthwait was born in 1962 and is married to his
"lovingly patient" producer, Ann. While he is at a loss
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considering his maniacal stage demeanor.
"I'm like that on stage because I'm never really com;
fortable," Goldthwait said. "I was always really regressive
or really bad. I've never been like Jerry Sein>
feld. In my early act, I'd go up on the stage and clean
[ fish or something like that."
His present aet is heainninp tr> seem similar tn
some of his older material. "My act lately compares
with the older stuff. I wimped out for awhile, but I'm
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said.
Despite the directions that his life has taken, he
wouldn't rule out another/^/ice Academy film. "I
don't know if I'd do it, but then again, no one has
asked me."
Goldthwait's view of the world is, as his comedy
would indicate, quite a dark one. "We're living in a
frighteninelv terrible time." fir?1Hthu/ait "Evoni
thing is overwhelmingly black. My job is to talk about
those things on stage, rather than try to cover them
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for general form shirtless, Farrell chose to relinutes
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than most video naturel". Fortunately for his police
derate on a regu- record, no charges were filed,
tn mixtions ab- However, the incident has lead to
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gazines' most recent issues.
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Farrell sion in concern over Native
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