It's Robert Klein's birthday! He doesn’t get his due these days as a pioneer of stand-up. Mainly, I think, because since the 1980s, he’s mostly stuck to the stage or to smaller film roles. Part of that is apathetic management (see Richard Zoglin’s book for more on that), but he’s still funny today (as evidenced on this episode of “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”). Here are three pieces from the 1980’s.
-The HBO special “Child of the 50s, Man of the 80s” is an encapsulation of his most well-known material of the 1970s/80s, and is named for his hit 1973 comedy LP (the title track of which is brought to life at the beginning of this special).
-“Robert Klein on Broadway”: Klein’s next special after “Child,” it’ a bigger production and also starts with a brief sketch (auditions for the “role” of Robert Klein) including Fyvush Finkel.
-Here’s a brief clip from “Child of the 50s…,” the song “The Bronx Is Beautiful.”
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