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Home » World's Greatest Dad(?)

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Posted inArts & Culture

Jimmy Carrane is back after 18 years with World’s Greatest Dad(?)

by Jack Helbig October 30, 2019August 18, 2021

He never got the big breaks, but the 1990s improv and solo stalwart has figured some things out.

Posted inArts & Culture

The bracingly honest stand-up Jimmy Carrane returns with World’s Greatest Dad(?)

by Jack Helbig June 19, 2019August 18, 2021

He’s become a master at the kind of storytelling he pioneered 28 years ago in I’m 27, I Still Live at Home, and I Sell Office Supplies.

Posted inBlogs

Chatting With Bobcat Goldthwait

by Lauri Apple June 15, 2011August 19, 2021

An interview with the comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

Posted inBlogs

Lunchfilm

by Ed M. Koziarski January 15, 2010August 19, 2021

Sundance programmer Mike Plante screens movies he commissioned for the price of lunch (more or less) in Lunchfilm Friday 1/15 at Chicago Filmmakers.

Posted inBlogs

Bobcat Goldthwait: at the Improv, behind the camera

by Whet Moser September 3, 2009August 19, 2021

Tonight brings a rare opportunity to see Bobcat Goldthwait’s stand-up act: one night, one set at the Improv in Schaumburg. He more or less ended his stand-up career to focus on the movies, like his notorious cult classic Shakes the Clown; J.R. Jones highly recommends his morally complex new film, World’s Greatest Dad. Here’s Goldthwait […]

Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams in "World's Greatest Dad"
Posted inFilm

Truths About Lies

by J.R. Jones September 3, 2009August 19, 2021

Autoerotic asphyxiation is just the icing on the cake in Bobcat Goldthwait’s dark comedy World’s Greatest Dad

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