Bobcat Goldthwait

By Joel Stein

Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is host of Bobcat's Big Ass Show on the FX channel.

Q: You're so funny, and that movie you made about the drunken clown was great. How come Bobcat's Big Ass Show sucks?

A: I'm kind of just a hired gun.

Q: So the show wasn't your idea?

A: Hell, no.

Q: After you literally burned Jay Leno's chair on air, you had to do public service announcements. Did you learn something, or are you going to do it again?

A: I don't think I'm that angry anymore.

Q: Because of the Big Ass Show?

A: Yeah, that's happiness.

Q: You're also on this Married with Children knockoff show on UPN as the voice of a bunny named Mr. Floppy.

A: All right, all right. Let me correct you. It's the WB. I'd never be on the UPN.

Q: Is this your first time being called Mr. Floppy?

A: On a national level. And it's not a knockoff. It's by the same guy. It's like Colonel Sanders opening a new chicken restaurant.

Q: You do tons of voice work now. Does that make you less confident about your physical appearance?

A: Yeah, I've lost 50 lbs. But people would rather see the chubby, jolly Bobcat.

Q: Who'd be worst to sit next to on a plane: Gilbert Gottfried, Pauly Shore or you?

A: Pauly. Pauly's different. Both Gilbert and I just punch the clock.

Q: Yeah, your voice is normal in real life. What's next, after the Big Ass Show?

A: Probably supermarket openings.

Q: Until Police Academy 10, right?

A: I kind of got tossed off that series for my bad attitude.

Q: O.K., I think that's all I need.

A: So do I get like a phone in the shape of a football or anything?

Q: Like you're the first person to ask me that since I started working at TIME.

--By Joel Stein