368: Bobcat Goldthwait

[jsavimbi]

Originally Posted by MyButtPlug

bring it!
after i beat you about the face an upper body i'm gonna give you a "secret backer"

Awesome! You coming to the Boston show?

[jsavimbi]

Originally Posted by spaceboy

For some reason two gay guys in thongs oil wrestling popped into my head. Sigh. I need to get out more.

Get out more? You need to get back in the closet, weirdo.

Butterscotch pudding beats oil any day.

[Elvis Lives]

Originally Posted by spaceboy

No it doesn't. It just looks like you throwing baby poop at each other. Compromise. Green jello? And I won't go back in the closet, it's too crowded in there, isn't it.

The closet is already full of Jasavimbi's "Secret Backers"!

[missalexis]

Oh my gosh... you guys have to stop... my tummy hurts so bad from laughing I can't even stand it !

[jsavimbi]

Originally Posted by spaceboy

No it doesn't. It just looks like you throwing baby poop at each other. Compromise. Green jello? And I won't go back in the closet, it's too crowded in there, isn't it.

I'll compromise for green and orange jello. But with shileleaghs. Deal?

Don't exactly know the capacity for the closet, but I'll assume the fire marshals are not amused.

[jsavimbi]

I can't swing a cat in this town without hitting one of my cousins.

[Bucho]

Originally Posted by Yarbles

I think Keith and Chemda were too casual with him from the start. Not that I think they should do a regular 'fake' interview, but if the guest isn't familiar with the show, and they don't do a pre-interview, then KATG have to realize the guest won't be comfortable out of the gate, you have to work into it.

I think Bobcat was put on guard when Keith's intro only contained old projects he has "porn shame" for. Keith and Chemda were trying to be loose and open and honest with him, but they needed to first establish that they were on his side, even when they were goofing on some of his projects and mannerisms. Walking into it cold, Bobcat couldn't tell if they were being dicks and stringing him along with all that ass kissing, or real fans who were just being casual and having fun.

PS. In addition to the "porn shame" intro, here are other things that may have thrown him:

Calling his friend Perry a "fucking retard" and "a real asshole" and saying a sequel with him would never work (after Bobcat said he wouldn't do the project without him).
Reading a feedback "Isn't this guy dead?"
Talking over the guest with a horrible impression of him.
Although you don't even know if he uses, broaching the subject with "how many times have you been in rehab?"
Asking "Is it weird that [jay mohr] took your ex-fiance?"
Fucking up his "Sleeping Dogs Lie" promo/url and later the release date.
Calling his projects "Bobcat-silly".

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. As a show it was magnificent (Keet's murder secret stuff was even twice as funny as the Bobcat bit) but as an interview it was shithouse, especially compared to some of the great ones KATG have done before. To blame Bobcat for his reaction when KATG seemed like they'd just eaten a bag of sugar each is just fuckin retarded.

[jsavimbi]

Originally Posted by Bucho

Yeah, you pretty much nailed it. As a show it was magnificent (Keet's murder secret stuff was even twice as funny as the Bobcat bit) but as an interview it was shithouse, especially compared to some of the great ones KATG have done before. To blame Bobcat for his reaction when KATG seemed like they'd just eaten a bag of sugar each is just fuckin retarded.

We'll never know why Bobcat got so strange. Maybe he's not used to being treated like a normal guy, maybe he's angry at Jay Mohr (who wouldn't be) or maybe he's just strange.

The fact is that KATG got him to call in and participate in the show for eighteen minutes - dieciocho minutos - and not only hang in there with a 30-year veteran but also deliver another thirty minutes - treinta minutos - of show without dwelling on the fact their main atraction had gone south was remarkable. Most of us would've puckered up and ended the show right there. Not only that, but KATG included listener questions and asked them verbatim, something very few traditional media people would do.

Like it or not, it was definitely different. And funny.

[MichaelG]

Originally Posted by jsavimbi

We'll never know why Bobcat got so strange. Maybe he's not used to being treated like a normal guy, maybe he's angry at Jay Mohr (who wouldn't be) or maybe he's just strange.

The fact is that KATG got him to call in and participate in the show for eighteen minutes - dieciocho minutos - and not only hang in there with a 30-year veteran but also deliver another thirty minutes - treinta minutos - of show without dwelling on the fact their main atraction had gone south was remarkable. Most of us would've puckered up and ended the show right there. Not only that, but KATG included listener questions and asked them verbatim, something very few traditional media people would do.

Like it or not, it was definitely different. And funny.

I agree, top 5 show.

[jsavimbi]

Originally Posted by MichaelG

I agree, top 5 show.

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