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Article: REVIEW; Godfather of Green Bay' packed with clichs
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2006
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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 ...