Barry Crimmins

Barry Crimmins
Crimmins performing in January 2017
Born(1953-07-03)July 3, 1953
DiedFebruary 28, 2018(2018-02-28) (aged 64)
Occupation(s)Political satirist, comedian, activist
Years active1971–2018
SpouseHelen Crimmins
Websitebarrycrimmins.org

Barry Francis Crimmins (July 3, 1953 – February 28, 2018) was an American stand-up comedian, political satirist, activist, author, Air America Radio writer and correspondent, and comedy club owner.

Early life

Crimmins was born in Kingston, New York, to Margaret Hooe and Phillip "Phil" Crimmins, a traveling salesman.[1][2] When he was six, his family moved to Skaneateles, New York.[3]

After graduating from high school in 1971, he started performing stand-up comedy at Under the Stone and later moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to pursue his comedic career.[3]

Career

Comedy clubs

In 1979, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Crimmins co-founded The Ding Ho Comedy Club,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] at a Chinese Restaurant near Inman Square. His productions there included performances by comedians Steven Wright, Paula Poundstone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Meaney, Jimmy Tingle and many others.[13][14]

In the 1980s, in Boston, Crimmins co-founded the comedy club, Stitches.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Writing and comedy

Crimmins' satirical writing and comedy routines focused on the need for political and social change.[22] In the 1990s, in a more serious vein, he led a crusade against images of child abuse on the Internet, calling for police investigation of Internet service providers.[23] He received the "Peace Leadership Award" from Boston Mobilization for Survival, and was honored by Community Works with the "Artist for Social Change Award" for his years of activism.[24] Howard Zinn presented him with "The Courage of Conscience Award" from Wellesley College and The Life Experience School at The Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Massachusetts.[25]

Crimmins with Bobcat Goldthwait in May 2015

Crimmins was featured on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron in 2013, discussing his personal life and career as a political activist and his role in the Boston comedy scene.[26] In 2016, between performances in London, he appeared on Stuart Goldsmith's podcast The Comedian's Comedian.[27]

Film and television

Crimmins was featured in a number of film and television appearances, including When Stand Up Stood Out (2003), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988–1989), and The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion (1986). He released two albums: Strange Bedfellows on A&M Records and Kill the Messenger on Green Linnet. His articles were regularly published in the Boston Phoenix[28][29] among other publications.[30]

Crimmins's life and work in comedy and politics were the subjects of a documentary entitled Call Me Lucky (2015) directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.[31]

On June 4, 2016, Crimmins shot a special, Whatever Threatens You, in Lawrence, Kansas for Louis C.K.'s production company Pig Newton.[32]

Activism

Crimmins survived sexual abuse as a child, and later became an anti-pedophilia activist.[33][34] He began to expose online pedophilia in the 1990s, when he lived in Lakewood, Ohio.[34] He spent hours in AOL chat rooms devoted to exposing predators, posing as a 12-year-old boy named "Sean."[34]

In 1995, after turning his evidence over to the FBI, he testified before the United States Congress in 1995 about pedophilia on the internet, and how laws on child abuse images needed to be enforced.[34][33] AOL eventually shut down the chat rooms dedicated to pedophilia and child abuse images.[34]

In 2016, Crimmins endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States during the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[35]

In 2017, in the wake of the #MeToo campaign, Crimmins voiced support of the movement and called for increased awareness of harassment in the workplace.[36]

Personal life

Crimmins was married to Helen Crimmins (née Lysen), a photographer and font designer in August 2017 in Chicago.[37] They resided in Syracuse, New York.[38] In January 2018, he was diagnosed with cancer and described the prognosis as "not very good".[38] A few months earlier, Helen was diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[38]

Crimmins died of cancer on February 28, 2018, in Syracuse at the age of 64. His wife Helen reported his death from his Twitter account on March 1, saying, "Barry passed peacefully yesterday with Bobcat and I. He would want everyone to know that he cared deeply about mankind and wants you to carry on the good fight. Peace."[33]

Works

  • Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal. New York: Seven Stories Press. 2010. ISBN 9781609800185.[39][40]

References

  1. ^ Schudel, Matt (March 2, 2018). "Barry Crimmins, comedian who transformed childhood trauma into advocacy, dies at 64". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ [email protected], David Wilcox (February 24, 2015). "From Skaneateles to Sundance: Comedian Barry Crimmins' story of trailblazing, trauma told by new Bobcat Goldthwait documentary". Archived from the original on August 17, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Skaneateles comedian, activist Barry Crimmins dies". Auburn Pub. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "Remembering Barry Crimmins, A Comic Who Advocated For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse". NPR.org. Retrieved February 5, 2022. March 8, 2018 Fresh Air Terry Gross · 37:12 Download Transcript Crimmins, who died last week, mentored Bobcat Goldthwait when they were up-and-coming comics in the '80s. The two men spoke to Fresh Air in 2015 about their documentary Call Me Lucky.
  5. ^ "STEVE SWEENEY and Friends". Bull Run Restaurant. November 27, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Tickets | Comedian
  6. ^ Soroff, Jonathan (September 14, 2016). "Sense of Humor". Improper Bostonian. Three-time Emmy winner Jack Gallagher......But back in the day, my favorite venue to do stand-up was the Ding Ho [the legendary Chinese restaurant in Cambridge]. It's one of those things where you don't realize how much you miss it until you can't do it anymore. That was a ball. Were you part of that generation of comics like Denis Leary? I was. Absolutely. Barry Crimmins, Steven Wright, Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney, Kevin Meaney, Mike McDonald. All those guys. We all played the Ding Ho, Stitches, Play It Again Sam's…
  7. ^ Steven Wright
  8. ^ Jack Gallagher (comedian)
  9. ^ When Stand Up Stood Out
  10. ^ Bill Braudis
  11. ^ Steve Sweeney (comedian)
  12. ^ DJ Hazard (comedian)
  13. ^ Turbovsky, Rob. "Steven Wright inducted into Hall, a city's comedy history celebrated". Punchline Magazine. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  14. ^ Baltrusis, Sam. "Steven Wright headlines Ding Ho reunion benefit". LoadedGunBoston.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  15. ^ Nick Di Paolo
  16. ^ Joe Rogan
  17. ^ Billy Rush
  18. ^ Vinnie Favorito
  19. ^ "Stitches, 1984 Best Comedy Club". Boston Magazine. January 1, 1984. Retrieved February 5, 2022. Particularly when the Steve Sweeney-Kevin Meaney Show is playing. 959 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
  20. ^ "INTERVIEW: Barry Crimmins' last stand" Archived December 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Loaded Gun.
  21. ^ "For these two 'Un-Conventional' acts, politics is vocal" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. By Nick A. Zaino III. Boston Globe, July 11, 2004.
  22. ^ "Politics of Absurdism, Barry Crimmins Style" Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. The Heights, Boston College, March 26, 1990.
  23. ^ Philip Jenkins (July 1, 2003). Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet. NYU Press. pp. 147–. ISBN 978-0-8147-4263-1. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018.
  24. ^ Cassel, David. "Chat Room Chaperone: Barry Crimmins, who tracked AOL's child porn problem, isn't your typical online morality cop". MetroActive.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  25. ^ "COURAGE OF CONSCIENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS 1988 – 2015". The Peace Abbey. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  26. ^ "Episode 443 – Barry Crimmins". WTFpod.com. November 15, 2013. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  27. ^ "The Comedian's Comedian – 184 – Barry Crimmins". comedianscomedian.com. October 31, 2016. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017.
  28. ^ "Barry Crimmins: Latest Articles". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on August 28, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  29. ^ "Author Archives: Barry Crimmins". Weekly Wire. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  30. ^ "Barry Crimmins". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2014.
  31. ^ "Bobcat Goldthwait shoots documentary about activist Barry Crimmins: Minister of Culture" Archived November 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
  32. ^ "Louis CK to Produce Barry Crimmins Hour Special in June – The Interrobang". The Interrobang. May 17, 2016. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  33. ^ a b c "Barry Crimmins, Comedian and Activist, Dead at 64". Rolling Stone. March 1, 2018. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  34. ^ a b c d e "Barry Crimmins, the comedian and activist who helped protect children from online sexual predators when he lived in Lakewood in the 1990s, dies at 64". Cleveland.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  35. ^ Barry Crimmins [@crimmins] (January 21, 2016). "Just heard reactionary, hedge-fund millionaire, hawk Clinton rip Bernie Sanders & so I now officially endorse Bernie for the Dem nomination" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  36. ^ John, Tara (October 17, 2017). "Tons of Celebrities Are Joining Alyssa Milano's 'Me Too' Protest". Time. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
  37. ^ "Barry Crimmins Ties the Knot in Chicago". The InterroBang. August 10, 2017.
  38. ^ a b c "Comedian Barry Crimmins from CNY Diagnosed with Cancer". Syracuse.com. February 20, 2018. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  39. ^ Mike Bent (July 18, 2009). The Everything Guide to Comedy Writing: From stand-up to sketch – all you need to succeed in the world of comedy. Everything Books. pp. 125–. ISBN 978-1-4405-0174-6. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018.
  40. ^ "In Memory of Barry Crimmins". Seven Stories Press. Retrieved February 4, 2022.

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