>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, I REALIZED SAYING THIS BACKSTAGE
QUICKLY, IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
>> I'LL CRUSH THAT RIGHT OUT OF YA.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S LIKE I KIND OF LIKE THE GUY
BUT NOW THAT I MET HIM HE'S A REAL ( BLEEP ).
>> Stephen: COMEDY IN THE '80s IS WHEN YOU EXPLODED ON
THE SCENE.
YOU WERE A TOTALLY NEW THING.
>> YEAH, I WAS HUGE IN THE '80s.
A LOT OF YOUR AUDIENCE PROBABLY WASN'T BORN WHEN I WAS RELEVANT.
>> Stephen: THIS IS CBS.
YEAH, I OWED LIKE TO REMIND THE VIEWERS, DON'T STAND NEXT TO
THE MICROWAVE.
>> Stephen: OH, BECAUSE TO HAVE THE PACEMAKERS?
>> THAT'S A PACEMAKER JOKE.
THAT'S NOT MY TARGET DEMO.
HOW'S THE RASCAL?
SORRY.
I'M REALLY NERVOUS.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: WHY ARE YOU NERVOUS?
YOU'RE BOB GOLDTHWAIT!
>> I'M WAITING TO GO ON, I'M, LIKE, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER
TO JUST RUN OUT AND GO AAAHHH!
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
>> I WILL NOT DO THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, YOU HAD -- WHEN I FIRST SAW YOU, YOU
HAD A REALLY FRENETIC, SOMEWHAT PANICKED WAY OF SPEAKING AND
REALLY MADE THE AUDIENCE LEAN IN TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BECAUSE
WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING A LOT AND THEN YOU
WOULD SLOW DOWN AND OUT WOULD COME THE THE PUNCH LINE AND
WOULD KNOCK YOU ON YOUR HEELS.
WHAT WAS THE NEXT THING YOU'RE SAYING, WAS THAT PURPOSEFUL?
>> NO, I WAS REALLY SCARED.
>> Stephen: IT WAS AN HONEST FEAR?
>> I GOT MUTATED.
I NEVER DID REGULAR STANDUP.
I WOULD GO OUT WITH A DEAR JOHN LETTER.
AN ACTUAL DEAR JOHN LETTER.
AND I WOULD SAY, HEY, IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.
THEN I WOULD START CRYING AND GO, IT'S NOT NICE TO BE HERE.
AND THEN READ A DEAR JOHN LETTER AND GO BACK TO MY ACT.
MY WIFE IS SO FAT.
HOW FAT IS SHE?
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.
( LAUGHTER ) SO IT WAS MORE -- I WOULD JUST
TRY TO DO MORE PERFORMANCE PIECES.
>> WHAT'S THE MOST YOU'VE EVER ANTAGONIZED AN AUDIENCE OR
SECOND MOST?
>> SECOND MOST.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF I COULD HANDLE MOST.
>> I WAS -- IT'S A LONG TIME AGO, I WAS DOING A SHOW IN
ATLANTA AND I TELL YOU HOW LONG AGO IT WAS, MY OPENING ACT WAS
DENNIS MILLER AND HE WAS A DEMOCRAT.
THAT'S HOW LONG AGO IT WAS.
YOU KNOW, AND EHE'S OPENING AND, SO, I GET UP ON STAGE AND IT'S
AN OUTDOOR VENUE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: ATLANTA.
YEAH, AND THE WHOLE SHOW I JUST KEEP GETTING, FREE BIRD!
YOU KNOW, THAT HILARIOUS HECKLE.
AND I THINK I'M DOING AN OKAY KAY JOB PUTTING IT DOWN BUT
THEY'RE POUNDING ME, FREE BIRD, FREE BIRD!
I LOOK AT MY WATCH AND SAID AS SOON AS I DO MY ALLOTTED TIME
I'M GET LET THEM HAVE IT.
I DO 50 MINUTES, AND I HEAR FREE BIRD!
I SAID LISTEN, YOU IGNORANT HILLBILLY, LEONARD SKYNARD IS
DEAD, I REMEMBER THIS LIKE YESTERDAY.
I LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAGE AND THESE WOOLLY LOOKING
BIKER DUDES ARE CLIMBING UP ON STAGE AND I'M LOOKING FOR
SECURITY TO HELP ME OUT AND THEY DON'T.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THE GUYS GET CLOSER TO ME
AND AROUND THEIR NECKS ARE LAMINATED PASSES THAT SAY
LEONALEONARDSKYNARD SURVIVORS TO IT WAS SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE
LEONARD SKYNARD WERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THEY WERE YELLING FREE BIRD TO GET LEONARD SKYNARD'S ATTENTION.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I USED MY REAL VOICE ON STAGE WHEN I SAID
THEY'RE DEAD.
AND THEY SAID, HEY, MAN, WE'RE LEONARD SKYNARD AND WE'RE NOT
DEAD.
I'M, LIKE, TONY, GET THE CAR.
I GOT HEALED!
>> Stephen: OKAY.
YOU'VE SAID SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JOKES YOU WOULD
TAKE BACK.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: YOUR FRIEND JAMES GUN JUST GOT CANNED BY DISNEY AS
THE DIRECTOR AND, REALLY, SORT OF LIKE THE VOICE OF GUARDIANS
OF THE GALAXY.
THOSE ARE HIS FILMS.
>> THAT'S HIS PROPERTY.
YEAH, HE WRITES IT, HE DIRECTS IT.
>> Stephen: IT COMES FROM HIM.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU SAID, NO, THE CAST HAS SAID YOU'VE GOT TO
GET HIM BACK.
>> YEAH, WELL, HERE'S THE THING, YOU KNOW, I LOVE JAMES, HE'S A
GREAT MAN.
THESE ARE TWEETS THAT WEREN'T FUNNY YEARS AGO, AND HE'S
APOLOGIZED FOR THEM YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
THEY'RE DECADES OLD.
IF WE'RE GOING TO START PUNISHING ARTISTS AND CREATIVE
PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY SAID TEN, TWENTY YEARS AGO AND HAVE THEM
APOLOGIZE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY LEFT.
IT'S GOING TO BE JIM GAFFIGAN.
THAT'S IT.
>> Stephen: PRETTY GOOD, THOUGH.
>> PRETTY GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN LISTEN WITH YOUR KIDS.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: VERY FEW DEAD ROCK BAND JOKES.
>> NO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> GAFFIGAN SNAPS -- LEONARD
SKYNARD'S DEAD!
( LAUGHTER ) NO, SO, YOU KNOW, ON INSTAGRAM,
I WROTE A THING TO DISNEY SUGGESTING THEY REMOVE MY VOICE
FROM AN UPCOMING PROJECT THAT'S COMING TO THE DISNEYLAND PARK
BECAUSE I'VE DONE THINGS.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A VOICE ON A NEW RIDE AT DOES MYLAND?
>> YEAH, THAT'S THE THING, SOME PEOPLE WERE MORE UPSET THAN ME.
OH, GREAT, DISNEY DIDN'T EVEN ANNOUNCE THE NEW WORLD OF COLOR,
GREAT BOBCAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I READ COMMENTS.
( LAUGHTER ) SO I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU SAID TAKE ME OUT --
>> I SUGGESTED THEY TAKE ME OUT.
BUT THE KEY WAS THAT HE'S REALLY BEING ATTACKED NOT FOR SOMETHING
HE SAID ALMOST A DECADE AGO, HE'S BEING ATTACKED BECAUSE HE'S
VERY OUTSPOKEN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
I SAID I'M OUTSPOKEN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
YOU'RE TAKING YOUR LEAD FROM A FEW CRACK POTS THAT ARE RIGHT
WING EXTREMIST TROLLS, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD HOPE DISNEY WOULD
GOVERN THEMSELVES AND NOT LET THIS FRINGE GROUP OF LUNATICS
TELL THEM HOW THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE AND FIRE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD BE NICE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I WAS TALKING ABOUT COMMENTS
AND IT'S, LIKE, WHEN I FIRST STARTED GOING TO PROTESTS ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT, I WOULD SHOW UP, AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER
GOT DEATH THREATS ON INSTAGRAM.
AND I WAS, LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON?
AND I REALIZED, WOW, POLICE ACADEMY FANS REALLY LOVE TRUMP.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SURE.
THEY WERE REALLY MAD, YOU BETRAYED US.
BUT MY FAVORITE COMMENT IS PEOPLE WOULD GO, I'M GOING TO
UNFOLLOW YOU.
AND I WAS, LIKE, I USED TO PLAY ARENAS, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE
UNFOLLOWED ME.
YOU'RE ABOUT 20 YEARS LATE FOR THAT TRAIN.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SO YOU HAVE THE
NEW SHOW CALLED "BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT'S MISFITS &
MONSTERS."
WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> IT'S AN ANTHOLOGY SERIES.
EACH WEEK IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: IT'S STORYTELLING?
YEAH, NARRATIVE.
HOPEFULLY COMEDY, A LITTLE DARK.
THE ONE COMING UP NEXT WEDNESDAY, BRIDGET EVERETT WAS
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALL-TIME PERFORMERS.
I LOVE HER TO PIECES.
SHE'S KIND ENOUGH TO BE ON THE SHOW, AND SHE PLAYS A RACIST
MERMAID.
>> Stephen: A RACIST MERMAID.
YEAH, WE SHOT IT IN FLORIDA IN WEEKY WATCHY.
>> Stephen: IN A SWAMP?
PARTIALLY.
IT'S A GIANT FRESH SPRING THAT'S GOT, LIKE, AN AQUARIUM WALL AND
MERMAIDS DO THE SHOW, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PART THAT'S A
LITTLE BIT SWAMP LIKE.
HERE'S THE STORY AGAIN.
I SHOULD -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PROUD OF THIS STORY, BUT WE WERE
FILMING, MY FRIEND TONY PLAYS NEPTUNE IN THE -- THIS MAKES NO
SENSE -- PRIJT'S A MERMAID, SHE'S OUT ON A DATE.
NEPTUNE JUMPS OUT OF THE SWAMP AND HE'S, LIKE, HELLO, WHORE,
AND SHE SAYS, THAT'S MY EX, KEEP GOING.
HE'S PAINTED BLUE.
I LOVE TONY BUT I ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS THESE WARNING
ALLIGATOR SIGNS.
>> Stephen: AROUND THE POND?
YEAH.
SO I TOOK THE SIGNS DOWN BEFORE HE GOT THERE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( AUDIENCE REACTS )
BECAUSE, AS A GUY WHO USED TO ACT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T WANT HIM
TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED HIM TO GIVE HIS BEST PERFORMANCE.
>> Stephen: YOU WANTED HIM TO BE IN A COMFORTABLE SPACE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: JUST NOT A SAFE SPACE.
>> YEAH.
IT WOULD BE, LIKE, CAUGHT AND THEN I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE
SHORE.
ALL RIGHT?
LET'S DO IT AGAIN!
>> Stephen: I GUESS THAT'S A WRAP.
>> SO ANTHOLOGY SERIES EACH WEEK'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
>> Stephen: I CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH OF THIS MAKES
IT TO AIR.
>> YEAH, GOOD LUCK.
>> Stephen: I ENJOY ALL OF IT BUT WE HAVE OTHER THINGS.
BOBCAT, THANKS!
"BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT'S MISFITS & MONSTERS" IS ON TRUTV. BOBCAT
GOLDTHWAIT, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN KATIE HANNIGAN.