Bobcat Goldthwait was born on May 26, 1962 in Syracuse. Goldthwait began his standup career while attending Bishop Grimes H. S.  At 18, Bob founded a comedy group called "The Generic Comics" with his buddy Tom Kenny in Boston and never looked back.

At the age of 20, he made his first appearance on "Late Night With David Letterman". He was only 22 years old in 1985 when booked on a comedy showcase night for Whoopi Goldberg. This performance won him a role in the film "Police Academy 2"  He also did his own comedy specials. Evening With Bobcat Goldthwait - Share The Warmth (1987), Meat Bob (1988), & Bob Goldthwait- Is He Like All The Time?. Some video stores have the comedy specials of him on video cassette or CD.

His other film credits include Destiny Turns On The Radio, Sweethearts. He directed cult classic Shakes the Clown (aka The Citizen Kane of Alcoholic Clown Movies) in 1991. It's a "sick joke twist on what we expect clowns to be".

His First TV appearance was "Married...With Children" and in 1994, he appeared on "The Tonight's Show With Jay Leno" & set his chair on fire. The comedian faced arson charges for the incident.  He provides the voice of Moxy on "The Moxy Show", provides the voice of Muggle on "Capital Critters", the voice of Pain in Disney's 1997`s animated hit film "Hercules", & the voice of Mr. Floppy on the WB´s Unhappily Ever After. 

On June 1st 1998, he began host ‘Bobcat's Big Ass Show.’  Bobcat continues to appear in bit parts in a slew of Hollywood B-movies.  He is always branching out new directions. Whenever he performs in comedy clubs & showcases, voicing characters, TV appearances, directs rock videos, making his own variety show, his wild creative spirit leaves a distinctive mark.

Some BC Trivia — "Sleeping Dogs Lie" (a.k.a. "Stay") was featured at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival (Canada), the 2006 London Film Festival (United Kingdom), the 2006 San Sebastian Film Festival (Spain), Syracuse International Film Festival and the 2006 Austin Film Festival (Austin, Texas).

On Hollywood Squares, Goldthwait was asked the question, "What does Michael Jackson do in his spare time?" and he jokingly replied, "Blows Bubbles." After the show, he was told that he was never to return, he was banned - as claimed by Bobcat on his "I Don't Mean to Insult You, But You Look Like Bobcat Goldthwait" album.

Founded in 1869 with money from Western Union backers, Western Electric soon became the largest electrical manufacturer in the U. S.  They joined the Bell system when Bell purchased a controlling interest in its stock. Bell needed a stronger supplier of telephones to accommodate the large volume needed to supply the US.  Bell found it in Western Electric.

In the early 20th century, they merged with others to become (“Ma”) Bell Systems. The research branch of Western Electric's engineering department became Bell Laboratories. It was here that sound innovation and dreams became reality. 

In 1922, Western Electric Research Administrator E. B. Craft decided to move the company's developments in amplifiers, loudspeakers, microphones, and electronic recording in a new direction - towards sound motion pictures. Efforts towards that end had been tried since the 1890's, most notably with the introduction of Thomas Edison's Kinetophone in 1913. The Kinetophone's poor synchronization and sound quality proved more a distraction than an enhancement to the films of 1913. Edison's failure made Hollywood moguls wary of expending much time or effort on sound--offering an opportunity to other innovators outside of the motion picture industry.

In 1923 many were working on sound developments for film from General Electric’s Pallophotophone to Lee De Forest’s Phonofilm and Ted Case’s Movietone but 

Craft was undaunted by the competition and as history would show, a bit shortsighted.

The Western Electric records boast of a letter Craft wrote to Frank Jewett, vice president in charge of research, "it seems obvious that we are in the best position of anyone to develop and manufacture the best apparatus and systems for use in this field."

Craft turned out to be partially right. Western Electric developed Vitaphone, an integrated disk based system for recording, reproducing and even filling a theater with synchronized sound. By 1924, Western Electric was ready to sell its system to Hollywood. Western attracted the attention of then second-tier motion picture studio Warner Brothers and the two companies formed a joint venture, the Vitaphone Corporation, to experiment in the production and exhibition of sound motion pictures.

Four months later, the new Vitaphone system debuted with the opening of "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore, at the Wamer's Theatre in New York City. The night started with a series of short sound films, rather than the usual live vaudeville acts. The main feature included a synchronized sound recording of the New York Philharmonic. It replaced the usual accompaniment by live musicians. The system was a hit, even if the film wasn't: Quinn Martin wrote in the New York World, "You may have the 'Don Juan.' Leave me thee Vitaphone.". 

Western Electric (Bell) formed a subsidiary the following January to handle its non-telephone interests. Electrical Research Products, Inc. (ERPI) developed and distributed studio recording equipment and sound systems to the major Hollywood studios. Recognition for Western Electric's contributions to the film industry soon followed. In 1931, ERPI won an award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for technical achievement.

Western Electric ultimately hitched their horse to the wrong post with Vitaphone. Vitaphone’s initial success was largely due to the availability of Western Electric sound systems, which not only helped popularize theater sound, but established the development of modern sound support systems.

A reminder of its legacy in the motion picture industry is the credit at the end of many films from Hollywood's Golden Age: "Sound by Western Electric."

 Bell Lab in the 1920's