GBW #134: With Friends Like These... (What About Bob? / Clifford (1994) / The Cable Guy)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Chris, Jordan, and Ryan discuss three cringe comedies in which a comedic legend plays a character that does a number on the patience of an equally-top-shelf straight man. We start with 1991's "What About Bob?", an admitted blindspot for Jordan and Ryan prior to this episode, which holds up thanks to the two (now both unfortunately problematic) lead performances of Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Then, even though it's in the "bad," we contend it should be the "great" after watching it, which is 1994's utterly deranged "Clifford," in which Martin Short plays a ten-year-old boy who drives Charles Grodin to the brink. Finally, we discuss 1996's "The Cable Guy," which saw Jim Carrey take his first darkly comedic turn after a successful run of broad comedies, and the results are something that still holds up to this day. You can find this and future episodes - as well as subscribe to our show - on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stitcher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iHeartRadio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Google Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more! You can subscribe to our Patreon at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/thegoodbadwhat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Our logo comes from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Michelle Parkos⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our theme music comes from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paco⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.