Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg Trailer

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00:00He was a huge, a huge inspiration. He was the Beatles of comedy to me. You're the reason

00:21comedy went from sort of silly, evolving out of vaudevillian to hip, observational, and current.

00:29You're the man. He had no fear. If I couldn't be that fearless, what's the point? He changed

00:36what it meant to be a comic, kind of this idea of a craft of deconstructing your experience.

00:42How are these? I kill you. I transcribed one of Robert Klein's albums, typed it out so I

00:51could see what the words look like. Marriage is frail and most of them fail, but if you're

00:57gay, then you should have the right to be miserable, too.

01:04How many people can do stand-up? And he has to show off and sing, too?

01:09Be as smart as you can. Don't be afraid to be smart.

01:13My father told me once, behave yourself. It doesn't pay to be a clown.

01:17I can't stop my leg now. Can you stop my leg? My Lansom.

01:30Blah, blah, blah.