Call Me Lucky
Bobcat Godthwait's award-winning documentary on Barry Crimmins, a volatile but brilliant comic who became a peace activist and political satirist.
“Riveting, inspiring and funny” - Judd Apatow
“An Absolute Masterpiece” - Billy Connolly
“_Before Stewart, before Colbert, before Maher, there was Barry Crimmins. The premiere political comic in America and also one of its sharpest and most passionate minds._” David Cross – Comedian, Actor, Writer
Barry Crimmins was a volatile but brilliant comic who became an honored peace activist and influential political satirist. Famous comedians and others build a picture of a man who underwent an incredible transformation.
Bobcat Goldthwait’s award-winning documentary explores the legacy of Barry Crimmins, a volatile but brilliant comic who became an honored peace activist and influential political satirist.
Call Me Lucky is the inspiring, triumphant and wickedly funny portrait of one of comedy’s most enigmatic and important figures: Barry Crimmins. The beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip-smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the next generation of standup comedians. But beneath Crimmins’ gruff, hard-drinking, curmudgeonly persona lay an undercurrent of rage stemming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a child – a rage that eventually found its way out of the comedy clubs and television shows and into the political arena.
Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, Call Me Lucky bravely tells Crimmins’ incredible story of transformation from a rage-fueled funnyman into an acclaimed proponent of justice who personified the healing power of comedy.
Interviews in the documentary include Barry Crimmins, Marc Maron, David Cross, Margaret Cho, Patton Oswalt, Tom Kenny, Kevin Meaney, Lenny Clarke, Steven Wright, Billy Bragg, and Cindy Sheehan. Also featured are family members of Barry Crimmins, including Barry’s mother Margaret Hooe and sister Mary Johanna Smith.