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Robert Klein: He Observes, We Laugh

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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The Paliachi Syndrome

I've worked with a lot of talented people who seemed very neurotic and I've been with many neurotic people who had no talent. Rodney certainly had an unhappy kind of life. Jonathan Winters, one of my true idols definitely had a difficult time but he feels definitely that his comedy came out of unhappiness and loneliness. So there is no universal joke and I think all cultures have humor But I think some more than others like why are there so many Jewish comedians? It's not a yin and yang. The Irish for example American slave humor Concentration camp humor sometimes people who are oppressed Humor has always been a great outlet.

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