Article: REVIEW; Godfather of Green Bay' packed with clichs

How many Green Bay Packers fans does it take to screw in a light bulb? If Pete Schwaba knows, he's not telling.

And you can add that oversight to the list of punch lines left unspoken in his film, "The Godfather of Green Bay," which opens here today. Schwaba is no prop comic, but his film is nothing if not a collection of props, sight gags and stereotypes from mullets and Miller beer signs to Yooper accents that reinforce every known Chicago Bears fans' prejudice. All that's missing, curiously, are cheeseheads.

But you don't have to be an overly sensitive Dairy State booster to take offense. It's more than enough to simply be a fan of film or comedy. Schwaba is a Chicago native and Bears ...

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