# Bobcat Goldthwait **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970 "2002-03-19T02:19:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/1 "2002-03-19T02:19:40Z")
Does anyone know of any movie or tv show in which Bobcat Goldthwait, _talks as a normal person_? Everytime I see him in anything he always uses the squawky “Police Academy” voice. I know that is his “trademark,” but I think that got REAL old somewhere around like 1986. AFAIK he’s _still_ doing “the voice.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/2 "2002-03-19T02:45:57Z")
I cannot think of a movie where he didn’t do the voice. That’s his thing though. I for one find him hilarious. His stand up is a riot. He will be in Tampa this next weekend. I will be there ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/3 "2002-03-19T02:53:16Z")
Occasionally, when he’s on a talk show like Letterman, he will talk in a normal voice. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/4 "2002-03-19T03:48:21Z")
Actually, I think he’s pretty much abandoned it. His normal voice is no larksong either, but he’s dropped the nervous twitches and erratic squealing. I saw him on one of those Cam Nealy’s House comedy specials doing a passable Bono impression. Bobcat’s one of the better comics out there, but I think he’s been blackballed on TV since he set fire to The Tonight Show. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/5 "2002-03-19T04:27:11Z")
He used it most of the time on The Larry Sanders show. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/6 "2002-03-19T04:30:52Z")
I guess I’m alone-I find him extremely annoying. ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/7 "2002-03-19T05:07:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I find him extremely annoying. \*\* I will second that notion, Guinastasia. ---
**Author:** ![bigbird120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@bigbird120](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigbird120)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/8 "2002-03-19T05:19:15Z")
He’s annoying, but at least he’s original. Thats a whole lot more than you can say for most comics these days. Watch premium blend sometime… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/9 "2002-03-19T05:23:54Z")
THe most annoying thing about Bob Goldthwait isn’t his voice, or his utter lack of talent. It’s more his smugness. He LOVES to rant on and on about how awful this-or-that other comedian is… But Bob, face it: on his worst day, Bob Hope never made a movie that sucked a bad as"Hot to Trot," and even Andrew Dice Clay would have turned down “Police Academy 3.” ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/10 "2002-03-19T05:55:50Z")
What cracks me up is that he is busy bonking the hottie from Unhappily Ever After (Nikki Cox) And the world goes EWWWWWW ---
**Author:** ![Ace\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Ace\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Face)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/11 "2002-03-19T06:11:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MagicalSilverKey \* > \*\* > > I will second that notion, Guinastasia. \*\* Third-ed. He and Gilbert Gottfried should be covered in steak sauce and fed to wild hyenas. (Now there’s a reality show I’d watch!) ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/12 "2002-03-19T06:48:53Z")
I think he is the funniest comic out there period. Dont judge by his movies, rent one of his stand up tapes. I remember seeing him on Arsenio talking about Axel Rose. He had badmouthed Axel because of some racist coment and Axel had said “fuck bobcat”. Bobcat said on Arsenio “You know, He’s kinda cute, I might take him up on it if IV drug users werent in such a high risk group”… He also was talking about Robert maplethorpe, and he said “He’s dead and he can piss off Jesse Helms, so he’s a hero in my book” Oh, and I dont think he did the voice thing in Shakes the clown, or as Mr. Floppy the bunny in unhappily ever after. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/13 "2002-03-19T06:59:20Z")
From what I’ve heard, Goldthwait isn’t faking it; he has a genuine speech impediment. Sometimes, for comedic effect, he exaggerates it. Other times, he minimizes it. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/14 "2002-03-19T10:36:57Z")
He made a breif appearance in _Blow_ as the coke buyer. (“I can’t feel my face”). He didn’t crack his voice much in that role. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/15 "2002-03-19T10:51:11Z")
Never liked his stand-up, appearances, or work in nearly any movie. However…I find the flick _Shakes the Clown_ extremely hilarious. As the tag-line proclaims, it is “The _Citizen Kane_ of alcoholic clown movies.” ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/16 "2002-03-19T12:00:31Z")
I always liked his work as Mr. Floppy on _Unhappily Ever After_. I don’t think he used any bizarro voice on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/17 "2002-03-19T15:24:38Z")
Bobcat’s stand-up is hilarious. I have an HBO “One Night Stand” that he did about 10 years ago and it nearly makes me piss my pants to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/18 "2002-03-19T16:20:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*I guess I’m alone-I find him extremely annoying. \*\* I knew if i hung out on these boards long enough, i would find i had something in common with Guinastasia. it has finally come to pass. F.O., Bobcat! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/19 "2002-03-19T20:42:32Z")
Bob used both voices to good effect on The John Larroquette Show. He played the nephew of John’s boss, a character who happened to be a recovering alcoholic like John. Except Bob’s character relapses and uses his “normal” voice when drunk or hungover. ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970/20 "2002-03-19T21:19:14Z")
In **Scrooged** he played a normal guy. In one of his stand up acts he commented on the low quality of the movies ha hade made to that point. It was shortly after his kid was born and the joke was something like “shut up kid and come here and watch Police Academy 50” He’s just cashing the checks when it comes to movies, his real talent is in stand up. It has been a number of years since I’ve seen one of his shows (on cable, of course). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobcat-goldthwait/98970.md?page=2)