Dana Gould On The Excellent New Film “Joy Ride,” Bobcat Goldthwait, Music & More
Joy Ride is the excellent new documentary concert film starring comedy legends Bobcat Goldthwait (Shakes The Clown, Call Me Lucky, Police Academy) and Dana Gould (The Simpsons, Stan Against Evil), and it is now available on-demand. Directed by Goldthwait and filmed along their co-headlining tour, Joy Ride captures frenemies Goldthwait and Gould onstage and off as they entertain audiences and carefully-navigate highways and their decades-old fraught friendship, reflecting upon their careers and relationship with comedy along the way. In addition to live stand-up shot on their tour, Joy Ride features archival footage from both Goldthwait and Gould’s expansive careers, photos and stories from their personal lives, and including appearances by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, Bob Hope, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Arsenio Hall, Regis Philbin and Kathy Lee Gifford.
Aforementioned credits aside, Dana Gould began his professional comedy career at the age of 17. Between Comedy Central, HBO and Showtime, Dana has 6 solo stand-up comedy specials to his credit. As an actor, Gould has had memorable turns on Seinfeld and Parks & Rec, and is one of the few actors to play his live-action self on Family Guy and The Simpsons. He was a writer/performer on the original The Ben Stiller Show and co-created and maintains an equally active career as a writer; he later co-created the MTV series Super Adventure Team with his old Ben Stiller office-mate Rob Cohen.
On October 14, 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dana Gould via Zoom, as embedded below. Beyond Joy Ride, we spoke about how he came to know Bobcat Goldthwait, his history as a rock fan, and future projects. More on Gould and Joy Ride can be found by clicking here, here and here.
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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."
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