Bob Golub (born September 6, 1957) is an American comedian, actor,
writer, and filmmaker of Polish descent, whose work is largely
inspired from his true-life childhood experiences of growing up in a
dysfunctional home located in the steel-mill town of Farrell,
Pennsylvania.Bob Golub began his career as a stand-up comedian in the
1980s following a two-year prison term for cocaine dealing, appearing
in various clubs in New York City, Pittsburgh, Miami, Las Vegas and
Los Angeles. His intensely profane and candid style has, over the
years, landed him featured roles in such films as Goodfellas, Art
School Confidential, The Glass Beads, Johnny Virus, The Kings of
Brooklyn, and The Watermelon. Golub's self-written, self-directed
independent feature docu-comedy Dodo is a unique synthesis of taped
live performance, professionally shot auto-biographical recreations of
past events, and hundreds of hours of home video featuring himself and
his family. Originally a one-man show, Dodo derives its title from the
nickname given to Golub's deceased father who, having lost an eye in a
freak childhood baseball accident, was unable obtain work in the local
steel mills of Farrel, Pennsylvania. With no real skills, Dodo began a
family roof-repair business which provided some income.In both the
one-man show and film of the same name, Dodo is portrayed as an angry
and frustrated alcoholic, who routinely beat his wife and children.
For Golub himself, the only real way to avoid beatings was to become
funny enough to make his father laugh in spite of his anger, thus
deflecting violence. Bob Golub's one-man show ran just over an hour,
and toured America from 2003â€"2006, receiving large audiences and
highly supportive reviews.
writer, and filmmaker of Polish descent, whose work is largely
inspired from his true-life childhood experiences of growing up in a
dysfunctional home located in the steel-mill town of Farrell,
Pennsylvania.Bob Golub began his career as a stand-up comedian in the
1980s following a two-year prison term for cocaine dealing, appearing
in various clubs in New York City, Pittsburgh, Miami, Las Vegas and
Los Angeles. His intensely profane and candid style has, over the
years, landed him featured roles in such films as Goodfellas, Art
School Confidential, The Glass Beads, Johnny Virus, The Kings of
Brooklyn, and The Watermelon. Golub's self-written, self-directed
independent feature docu-comedy Dodo is a unique synthesis of taped
live performance, professionally shot auto-biographical recreations of
past events, and hundreds of hours of home video featuring himself and
his family. Originally a one-man show, Dodo derives its title from the
nickname given to Golub's deceased father who, having lost an eye in a
freak childhood baseball accident, was unable obtain work in the local
steel mills of Farrel, Pennsylvania. With no real skills, Dodo began a
family roof-repair business which provided some income.In both the
one-man show and film of the same name, Dodo is portrayed as an angry
and frustrated alcoholic, who routinely beat his wife and children.
For Golub himself, the only real way to avoid beatings was to become
funny enough to make his father laugh in spite of his anger, thus
deflecting violence. Bob Golub's one-man show ran just over an hour,
and toured America from 2003â€"2006, receiving large audiences and
highly supportive reviews.
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