Sometimes described erroneously as the smaller, quieter, less affable of the Farrelly filmmaking duo, the cherubically preppy Bobby Farrelly has teamed with his slightly more sinister older brother Peter to reach new heights (or depths) of low-brow comedy. Though he went to college on a hockey scholarship and came away with a degree in geological engineering, he was just another slacker-in-waiting when he arrived in Hollywood to partner with his brother and Bennett Yellin writing screenplays, one of which eventually became the comedy hit "Dumb and Dumber" (1994). Growing up in a Rhode Island
