Brother Theodore

Brother Theodore (born 11 November 1906 in Düsseldorf, Germany; died 5 April 2001 in New York City) was a monologuist and comedian known for rambling, stream of consciousness dialogues which he called “stand up tragedy.” He was born Theodore Gottleib into a wealthy family in Germany, where his father was a magazine publisher. Theodore attended the University of Cologne. Under Nazi rule, he was imprisoned at Dachau until he signed over his family’s fortune for one Reichsmark. After being deported for chess hustling from Switzerland he went to Austria where Albert Einstein, a family friend, helped him escape to the United States. He worked as a janitor at Stanford University, a dockworker in San Francisco and played a bit part in Orson Welles’ The Stranger before moving to New York City. Image File history File links Brother_Theodore_ecomedia. ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... A monologue is a speech made by one person speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience or character. ... The University of Cologne (German Universität zu Köln) is one of the oldest and most prestigous universities in Europe and, with over 43,000 students, the second largest university in Germany. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... poo ... A 100 Reichsmark banknote from Germany of 1935 (http://www. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ... Albert Einstein, photographed in 1947 by Oren J. Turner. ... Stanford redirects here. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Spoiler warning: The Stranger Its 1946 and Mr. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ...

Brother Theodore made a number of movie appearances beginning in the 1940s and continuing into the 1990s. These roles were mostly small parts in B-movies, although he did provide the voice of Gollum in the 1977 made-for-television animated version of The Hobbit and the follow-up adaptation of The Return of the King. Talk-show viewers probably remember Theodore for his 16 appearances on NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman in the ’80s, and prior to that his appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Joey Bishop Show in the ’60s and ’70s. In the early 1980s, he was a regular on the Billy Crystal Show. Up until the late 1990s, he was a guest actor in several episodes of Joe Frank’s radio show. An excellent article on Theodore appeared in RAVE magazine (with color photos) and segments from it are in the book Who's Who in Comedy. Just prior to his death from pneumonia, he taped several monologues for the controversial documentary series, Disinformation. Recent photo of Theodore by Ronald L. Smith. See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from 2000 and 2001. ... The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... J. R. R. Tolkiens The Hobbit was adapted into an animated television movie by the team at Rankin-Bass Productions in 1977. ... DVD cover The Return of the King is an animated adaptation of the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien which was released by Rankin/Bass as a TV special in 1980. ... Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. ... The Merv Griffin Show was a long-running American television talk show, starring singer Merv Griffin. ... Joey Bishop (born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb on February 3, 1918 in The Bronx, New York, USA) is a Jewish American actor. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Billy Crystal Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film director. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from 2000 and 2001. ... Note: The article for the politician is at Joe Frank (politician). ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, alveoli (air-filled sacs) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Discography

(Theodore in an) Entertainment of Sinister and Disconcerting Humor (1955)

“Proscenium 21 Recorded at Carnegie Hall on May 21, 1955 at Midnight” 33 1/3 RPM 12" and 10" (rare)

Side A: Tears from a Glass Eye

Side B: With a Tongue of Madness

Coral Records Presents...Theodore (in Stereo) (1959)

Coral Records CRL 57322 33 1/3 RPM 12"

Side A: 1) Introduction and Berenice 2) The Willow Landscape 3) Curse of the Toad

Side B: 1) Quadrupedism

45rpm Single (1972)

P.I.P. Records (A Division of Pickwick International, Inc.) PIP 8918 45 RPM 7"

Side A: Lisolotta Bindel

Side B: I’m Just Plain Folks

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Quotes

• “I am in the prime of my senility.”
• “Ladies and gentlemen, it is my sincere wish that immediately after my death, my head be severed from my body, and that it be replaced by a bouquet of broccoli. It’s the artist in me.”
• “I’ve gazed into the abyss and the abyss gazed into me, and neither of us liked what we saw.”
• “In this best of all possible worlds, everything is in a hell of a mess.”
• Going into surgery: “If I die, best wishes for the rest of your life. If I don’t—I’ll phone you.”
• “The best thing is not to be born. But who is as lucky as that? To whom does it happen? Not to one among millions and millions of people.”
• “Dear God, if you exist, please help me! And if you don’t exist…help me anyway!”
• “What do we know about the beyond? Do we know what’s behind the beyond? I’m afraid some of us hardly know what’s beyond the behind.”
• “I should have known better than to sell roses in a fish market!”
• “You can train a rat. Yes, if you work for hours and days and months and years, you can train a rat. But when you’re done, all you’ll have is a trained rat!”
• “One day, David Letterman, one day my picture will be on every postage stamp...!”
• I am what you call a "controversial figure". People either hate me or the despise me.
• There are those who would rather shake the Devil by the tail than me by the hand.

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Television appearances

• The Joey Bishop Show: 10/31/67, 11/8/67 [dates needed]
• The Merv Griffin Show: [dates needed]
• The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: 10/31/77
• Late Night with David Letterman (NBC): 9/10/82, 10/20/82, 2/3/83, 5/19/83, 7/8/83, 9/7/83, 2/21/84, 5/16/84, 9/17/84, 12/19/84, 7/8/85, 10/31/85, 9/17/86, 7/24/87, 1/13/88, 2/17/89 Source:alt.fan.letterman

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Radio appearances

• Joe Frank’s radio shows. Episodes: The Decline of Spengler, The End, A Tour of the City, Black Light

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External links

• Brother Theodore at the Internet Movie Database
• BT dark humor fansite
• Usenet:alt.fan.letterman