An inspiring, powerful and wickedly funny picture of one of comedy's most enigmatic and important characters, CALL ME LUCKY informs the story of Barry Crimmins, a beer-swilling, politically outspoken and whip smart comic whose efforts in the 70s and 80s fostered the talents of the following generation of stand up comedians. But underneath Crimmins' hard-drinking, curmudgeonly character set an undercurrent of anger coming from his long-suppressed and horrific abuse as a young child -- in the political arena and a rage that found its way out of shows and their comedy clubs.