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Biography
Other peopleInfobox comedian| name = Robert Klein| image = RobertKleinByPhilKonstantin.jpg| imagesize = 250px| caption = in 2007| birth_date = birth date and age|1942|2|8| birth_place = The Bronx , New York City , New York , United States || medium = Stand up comedian|Stand-up , television , film , theatre | nationality = United States|American | active = 1965–present || genre = Observational comedy , improvisational comedy , satire / Political satire , musical comedy | subject = Everyday life , American politics | influences = Rodney Dangerfield , Jerry Seinfeld: The Comedian Award HBO , April 1, 2007 Jonathan Winters , http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/2007/12/09/robert-klein-interview 2007 Interview from sfstandup.comLenny Bruce | influenced = Jay Leno , Jerry Seinfeld , Nick DiPaolo cite web|url= http://www.zimbio.com/Artie+Lange/articles/32/Nick+DiPaolo+talks+Stern+Opie+Anthony+Comedy |title=Nick DiPaolo talks Stern, Opie and Anthony, Comedy Central& nbsp;— Artie Lange |publisher=Zimbio |date=1967-10-11 |accessdate=2011-08-23| notable_work= Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an United States|American stand-up comedian , singer and actor .
Early life
Klein was born in The Bronx , the son of Frieda ( married and maiden names|née Moskowitz) and Benjamin Klein,cite web|url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/59/Robert-Klein.html |title=Robert Klein Biography (1942–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-23cite web|url= http://www.robertklein.com/kleinbio.html |title=Robert Klein& nbsp;— Biography |publisher=Robertklein.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-23 and was raised in a "prototypical 1950s Bronx Jewish " environment.cite web|url= http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26273/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Robert Klein chases skirts, washes tables |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-06-24 |accessdate=2011-08-23 After graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School , Wendy Wasserstein|Wasserstein, Wendy . http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/20/theater/theater-a-place-they-d-never-been-the-theater.html "THEATER; A Place They'd Never Been: the Theater", The New York Times , June 20, 1999. Accessed September 15, 2009. "DeWitt Clinton High School, named for the 19th-century New York mayor and governor, is the alma mater of the comedian Robert Klein, the designer Ralph Lauren and the writers James Baldwin and Avery Corman." Klein had planned to study medicine; however, he changed his mind during his studies in university. After graduating from Alfred University ,cite web | title = Robert Klein Biography | work = The Conversation Company, Ltd. | accessdate = 2009-09-18 | url = http://robertklein.com/kleinbio.html he studied at Yale Drama School http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9C04EEDB1E3FF936A35754C0A96E958260 Robert Klein: Comedy Close to Home from The New York Times when he got wind of an opportunity to audition for The Second City . In a piece he wrote for the improvisational troupe 's book, Klein recalled sitting in a room full of other hopefuls, including Fred Willard . Klein's audition consisted of an improvisation set with Willard about two guys in a nightclub , which was successful enough to get Klein and Willard hired by Second City. Klein had said another young man, Billy Dee Williams , was invited to join the troupe, but turned it down.citation needed|date=April 2009
Career
Television
His first major appearance was as host of the 1970 summer replacement television series Comedy Tonight , on which were introduced many of the routines that in the next few years would be released on record albums . His extensive routines about the Watergate scandal made him highly popular in the 1970s.
Klein starred in HBO 's first stand-up comedy special in 1975 during the cable channel's early Broadcasting|broadcast days and has continued to appear in several more one-man shows which have typically concluded with his "I can't stop my leg" routine. In 1979, Klein was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in '' They're Playing Our Song . In 1985, he starred in the " Wordplay (The Twilight Zone)|Wordplay " episode of The New Twilight Zone .
In 1986, Klein had his own late night talk show, Robert Klein Time , which ran on the USA Network until 1988.
Albums
Klein has made several albums, the most successful being his first two. In Child of the Fifties (1972), Klein talks about his life as a child in the 1950s: about strategic bombing|air raid drills, Johnny Mathis music, showing off condom s while at the high school dance, the high school lunch ladies, Senator Joseph McCarthy , Governor Averell Harriman (of New York ), meeting Yankee stars, the New York Yankees|Yankees ' losing the World Series , and much more. He also goes into other things that he has observed in his life, such as Substitute teacher|substitute teaching , 1970s FM radio disc jockeys , late night delicatessen|delis , and two songs that he wrote and sang himself: "Fabulous '50s" and " Middle Class , Educated Blues ."
His next album, Mind Over Matter (1974), included extensive discussion of the Watergate scandal and another song—the title track—about a kid who turned to humor to become popular. He responded to the end of the sexual revolution with his 1990 album, ''Let's Not Make Love , which contained many of the same routines as his 1984 HBO special, Child of the '50s, Man of the '80s , and his 1986 special, Robert Klein on Broadway .
Films
He has appeared in such movies as The Owl and the Pussycat (film)|The Owl and the Pussycat , Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors , Radioland Murders , Ira and Abby , One Fine Day (film)|One Fine Day , Two Weeks Notice , and The Safety of Objects . He had a recurring role in the TV drama series Sisters (TV series)|Sisters . In the 1970s, he hosted Saturday Night Live twice.
Klein is the author of The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back , an autobiography published in 2006.
In March 2007, he starred with Adam Sandler in Reign Over Me , and in September 2007 released a new DVD compilation of his eight live HBO specials, titled Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975–2005 .
Personal life
Klein is divorced from opera singer Brenda Boozer . They have a son, Alexander Stuart Klein.
References
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External links
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